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Return to Work Fund and the RAND Study
Inching our way to eligibility standards |
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Lawyer's Guide to AMA Guides |
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A Note From the Editor |
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Dear Work Comp Community:
Thank you to Robert G. Rassp, Esq. for taking the time to deconstruct the RAND working paper for his upcoming edition of the Lawyer's Guide.
Sincerely,
Robin E. Kobayashi, J.D.
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return to work fund & rand study |
The Return to Work Fund and the RAND Study: Inching Our Way to Eligibility Standards, by Robert G. Rassp, Esq. As part of the comprehensive workers' compensation reform in SB 863 that was signed into law by Governor Edmund G. Brown on September 18, 2012, the legislature passed a provision in the Labor Code, section 139.48, that provides an annual fund of $120,000,000.00 from which eligible injured workers may receive money that compensates them in cases where there is a disproportional difference between their permanent disability ratings and their loss of future earning capacity. How is this fund going to be established, who pays for it, who administers it, how will it be implemented, and what role, if any, will attorneys have in representing or defending claims for these benefits? Read more.
This article is excerpted from the upcoming 2014 edition of The Lawyer's Guide to the AMA Guides and California Workers' Compensation. |
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Rassp & Herlick panel decision alert: wcab jurisdiction and settlements |
WCAB Jurisdiction; Disbursement of Third Party Settlement Funds. WCAB, reversing WCJ, held that WCAB had jurisdiction to adjudicate apportionment of applicant/labor foreman's third-party settlement proceeds received in connection with 9/25/2007 industrial hip and lumbar spine injury, including any issues of employer fault and attorney's fees and expenses, when WCAB found that (1) although LC 3850 et seq. contain an exception for reimbursement claims against third parties to default rule of exclusive WCAB jurisdiction over any issue "arising out of or incidental" to recovery of compensation as set forth in LC 5300, there is no authority to support principle that WCAB does not have jurisdiction, at least concurrent, to determine proper distribution of third-party settlement proceeds, (2) pursuant to...read more. |
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wcri study examines california & other states physician dispensing |
Impact of Reform on Prevalence/Costs of Physician-Dispensed Drugs: Study Shows Promising Results Overall of Amending Reimbursement Rates, by John Stahl, Esq. Enhancing the regulation of physician-dispensed drugs is one tactic that workers' compensation jurisdictions use in the war against the opioid epidemic that is costing workers' compensation systems millions of dollars. These methods include severely limiting the ability of a medical-care provider to dispense opioids and other prescription medications from his or her office and amending reimbursement rates under fee schedules to reduce financial incentives to operate these "pill mills." Read it. |
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Lien Activation Fee En Banc Denied Writ of Review: Cal. Comp. Cases Advance Postings. Lexis online subscribers can read it.
Workers' Comp Fraud Blotter: Teaching Martial Arts While Collecting Disability. Read it and other news items. |
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jurisdiction, cont. |
Hughes v. Argonaut Ins. Co. (2001) 88 Cal. App. 4th 517, 66 Cal. Comp. Cases 454, absent contrary statutory authority in Division 4 of Labor Code, WCAB has exclusive jurisdiction pursuant to LC 5300 over how to apportion contested amount of a third-party settlement, (3) WCJ's reliance on LC 3860(f) to find no jurisdiction was misplaced as LC 3860(f) primarily addresses how to apportion settlement proceeds based on employer fault rather than amount of expenses and attorney's fees to deduct from settlement, and LC 3860(f) does not vest exclusive jurisdiction over these issues in superior court, and (4) superior court declined to exercise jurisdiction over settlement distribution in this case, leaving WCAB as only forum for parties to adjudicate issue. See Carrabello decision. |
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Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) $4,674 to $10,477/month DOE Litigate a variety of labor and employment matters at admin. and civil trial and appellate levels including, workers' comp., prevailing wage/public works, and public employment. Travel throughout SoCal may be required. Send a State Application (Form STD 678) with a resume and 2 recent writing samples to: DIR, Office of the Director - Legal Unit, Attn: Hiring Coordinator, 320 W. 4th Street, Ste. 600, Los Angeles, CA 90013, Or by email to [email protected] |
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