Vol. 7, Issue 22

Find Solutions & Strategies                 May 31, 2016

WCAB Panel Defines Violent Act for Psychiatric Injury Under SB 863 Reforms
In This Issue
A Note From the Editor
wcab panel defines violent act for psychiatric injury under sb 863 reforms
With commentary by Robert G. Rassp, Esq.

Robert Rassp grayIn Larsen v. Securitas Security Services, 2016 Cal. Wrk. Comp. P.D. LEXIS --, the WCAB panel affirmed the WCJ's findings that the applicant security guard sustained a compensable psychiatric injury that resulted in 56 percent permanent disability, after apportionment and after combination with permanent disability to the applicant's shoulders, and that the applicant's psychiatric permanent disability was separately compensable because it resulted from a "violent act" in accordance with Labor Code � 4660.1(c). The WCAB panel found that the applicant's accepted orthopedic and alleged psychiatric injury occurred as a result of being hit by a car while walking through a parking lot on 2/21/2013. The defendant asserted that being hit by a car was not a "violent act" under Labor Code � 4660.1 because it was not an act of a criminal or quasi-criminal nature perpetrated against the applicant...read more.
california compensation cases 
Cal Comp CasesUnresolved Lien Claims to Be Heard at Lien Trial Regardless of Whether Lien Was Listed on Declaration of Readiness: Cal. Comp. Cases June Advanced Postings (5/26/2016). Lexis.com and Lexis Advance online subscribers can read it here.
wcab job opening
The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board, Office of the Commissioners, seeks candidates to fill a full-time staff attorney position.

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COUNSEL III (SPECIALIST)
$8,032.00 - $10,305.00 salary plus benefits...read more.
california news headlines

eNewsletter archives

Take a deep dive into our past eNewsletters for 2015 and prior...warning - some links to articles may not work...report any linking problems to [email protected].