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Almaraz/Guzman II and Ogilvie II Issue with Some Answers, But Many Questions Remain - Barry Lesch, Oakland

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Martinez En Banc Decision Holds That A Claim for Med-Legal Expenses May Not Masquerade as a 5811 Cost Petition - Jeremiah Brasher, Sacramento & Barry Lesch, Oakland
Good News For Public Agencies: The §4850 Sacred Cow Tipped by First District Finding Such Benefits Are Within the Two Year Cap of §4656(c)(2) - Jake Falbo, San Francisco & Barry Lesch, Oakland
Reminder: Your Five Years May Have Passed. Have You Terminated TD? -
Valdez Invalidated - Has the Lid Been Lifted on Pandora's Box? - Barry Lesch, Oakland
Supreme Court Rules in Favor of COLAs in Labor Code Sec.4659(c) Starting At Latest Date Possible in Baker v. WCAB (X.S.) - Barry Lesch, Oakland
The Court of Appeal Has Spoken: Ogilvie Has Been Eradicated. But is the Cure Worse Than The Disease? - Natalie Cordellos, San Francisco
En Banc Board in Valdez Finds Improperly Chosen Non-MPN Doctors Cannot Generate Admissible Reports in Comp Litigation - Barry Lesch, Oakland
Waxman’s Firm Drafts Scherr; Ogilvie Arguments Delayed while City Attorney’s Office Regroups - Natalie Cordellos, Sacramento
En Banc Decision In Guitron Addresses Hot Button Issues Regarding Interpreter Services For Treatment Exams - Barry Lesch, Oakland & Janet Zamecki, San Francisco
Appeal Dismissed In Ilic As Case Settles, Leaving Unanswered Apportionment Issues For Linked Old and New Injuries - Barry Lesch, Oakland
New For 2011: Changes in Mileage, COLA, but SAWW Stays the Same - Natalie Cordellos, Sacramento
Writs Granted in Ogilvie: Postpone Guzman Jumps From Tall Buildings - Barry Lesch, Oakland
Same As It Ever Was: Court of Appeal Issues Opinion in Guzman Case - Natalie Cordellos, Sacramento
Muddy Waters: Court of Appeal Issues Opinion In Alvarez Ex Parte Communication Ban Case - Natalie Cordellos, Sacramento
State Average Weekly Wage Loses Ground: Rates for Temporary Disability & Permanent Total Disability Stay the Same In 2011 - Barry Lesch, Oakland
Court of Appeal Grants Rehearing In Harsh Alvarez Ex Parte Communication Ban Case - Barry Lesch, Oakland
Mendoza v. Huntington Hospital, PSI; and Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc. ADJ6820138/ADJ6820197 En Banc Opinion and Decision After Removal and Order Admitting Documentary Evidence - Charles Robertson, San Diego
No Saving Grace to COLA Bubble-Over Case from 6th District - Barry Lesch, Oakland
Court of Appeal Causes COLA Bubble-Over for the Holidays - Barry Lesch, Oakland
Court of Appeal Limits Employer's Liability In Compensable Consequence Case To Reasonable Geographic Area - Matthew Hurlimann, San Diego
Board Issues Two En Bancs Challenging New Schedule and AMA Guides - Barry Lesch, Oakland

Workers' Compensation Newsletter

The Workers' Compensation Newsletter - Summer 2012
- Mine, Yours, Ours? A Subpoena Response Protocol
- Elevate Your Hitting Without Corking Your Bat - How to Replace Panel QME
- Penalties and the Timeliness of Supplemental Job Displacement Benefits - Often Overlooked and Sometimes Expensive

Subrogation Newsletter

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