By Julius Young, Esq.

The recent California Supreme Court case, South Coast Framing Inc. v. WCAB (JovelynClark) clarifies the standard of causation in a workers' comp death case. In day to day workers' comp practice the decision will probably be helpful to workers' comp claimants who are litigating to establish that an injury or death is work related. But the decision may be helpful to defendants who are seeking to establish apportionment...read more.

By Richard M. Jacobsmeyer, Esq.

The California Supreme Court has reversed a Court of Appeal decision which had in turn reversed a W.C.A.B. award of dependency benefits in South Coast Framing v. W.C.A.B. (Clark). The Supreme Court decision reinstates the W.C.A.B. award of dependency benefits and explicitly rejected the Court of Appeals rationale for reversing the award finding that the lower court impermissibly ignored...read more.