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Monthly Archives: May 2019

HOW SMOKE INHALATION BECAME A CATASTROPHIC INJURY: Wilson Opens the Floodgates for Compensable Consequence Psych Impairment Claims

May 13, 2019 In what appears to be the continuation of an ongoing trend to expand situations in which an applicant can once again receive compensable consequence psychological impairment, the WCAB issued an en banc opinion in the matter of Kris Wilson v. State of CA Cal Fire, ADJ10116932. This is a significant decision and binding on all WCJs. Prior opinions by the WCAB have addressed the “violent act” exception of Labor Code 4660.1(c)(2)(A). The WCAB has determined a violent […]