Vol. 6, Issue 43

Find Solutions & Strategies                October 26, 2015
Workers Comp Insurance UmbrellaMultiple Carrier Cumulative Trauma

QME report strategy risks   
In This Issue
* MULTIPLE CARRIERS
* NEUROPSYCHOLOGISTS
* PRO ATHLETES
* NEWS: Chief Judge Newman to transfer to WCAB
* eNEWSLETTER ARCHIVES
A Note From the Editor
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Robin E. Kobayashi, J.D.
Editor-in-Chief 
Cited by the Ninth Circuit and California Court of Appeal

Rassp & Herlick, California Workers' Compensation Law
multiple carrier cumulative trauma
QME Panel ClipboardIn Chanchavac v. LB Industries, Inc., 2015 Cal. Wrk. Comp. P.D. LEXIS 516, the WCAB, denying removal, held that the co-defendant Sentry Insurance was entitled to obtain its own panel qualified medical evaluator report in connection with the applicant's cumulative industrial injury, even though the co-defendant Twin City Fire Insurance Company had already obtained a panel qualified evaluator report. Here, the applicant declined to elect a carrier to proceed against and, instead, chose to proceed against both of the carriers who had coverage during her cumulative trauma period while she was working for the same employer...read more.
neuropsychologists and the ab 1542 veto
An insider's view on what happened to derail AB 1542

A revision of the QME regulations was approved by the Office of Administrative Law in August 2015. One controversial part of these new regulations was the removal of neuropsychology as a designated QME specialty. Labor Code Section 139.2 provides the statutory basis for identification of QME specialties. After more than 22 years of recognition, the Division decided that based on the lack of recognition of that specialty by the statutorily identified entity, the Administrative Director felt required to remove the classification. A legislative solution to enable the Administrative Director to reinstate the specialty panels for neuropsychology was set forth in AB 1542. However, the Governor vetoed the bill. We've asked Steve Cattolica, the lobbyist for the California Society of Industrial Medicine (CSIMS), which backed AB 1542, what happened to derail this bill...read more. 
california compensation cases 
Cal Comp CasesDifferent Outcomes for Two Pro Athletes Playing 7 Percent of Career-Total Games in California: Cal. Comp. Cases Advanced Postings (10/22/2015). Lexis.com and Lexis Advance online subscribers can read it.
california news headlines

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