Showing posts with label Worker's Compensation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Worker's Compensation. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Supreme Court Denies Active Duty Peace Officers Labor Code 4458.2 Disability Benefits Provided to Volunteer Peace Officers

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On October 26th, the California Supreme Court decided the case of Larkin v. Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board . The Supreme Court ruled...
Friday, August 28, 2015

California Supreme Court Grants Review of Mastagni Holstedt, APC Workers Compensation Case

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The California Supreme Court agreed to hear oral arguments on one of Mastagni Holstedt, APC's workers compensation cases. At issue in th...
Thursday, May 14, 2015

Court of Appeal Gives Retroactive Effect to Firefighter Injury Presumption

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The California Court of Appeal ruled statutory changes to workers' compensation injury presumptions apply to cases pending prior to the...
Wednesday, May 6, 2015

Cashed Out Vacation and Sick Leave Earned During Labor Code § 4850 Leave Not Tax Exempt

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The United States Tax Court recently decided that not all benefits earned during a leave of absence under Labor Code § 4850 are tax exempt...
Tuesday, June 3, 2014

Court of Appeal Denies Workers' Compensation Benefits for Officer's Injury During "Hold Over" Shift Commute

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On May 19, 2014, the California Court of Appeal in Lanz v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board ruled an officer's family was not ent...
Thursday, January 16, 2014

Court of Appeal Publishes Cannon Decision

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The Third District Court of Appeal published its decision in City of Sacramento v. Workers Compensation Appeals Board (Cannon) (December 2...
Friday, January 3, 2014

Court of Appeal Protects Police Officers' Workers' Compensation Benefits

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In City of Sacramento v. Workers Compensation Appeals Board (Cannon)   (December 26, 2013, Court of Appeal Case No. C072944) ,  the Court of...
Monday, April 29, 2013

Court of Appeal: 1-year POBR Statute of Limitations Does Not Apply to Work Comp Fraud Cases

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In California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation v. State Personnel Board (April 26, 2013)  2013 WL 1777118, the Court of Appeal r...
Friday, July 6, 2012

Court of Appeal Vindicates Injured Workers' Right to Temporary Disability

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In Meeks Building Center et al. v. WCAB and Salem Najjar (June 26, 2012, C065944; WCAB No. ADJ4255212), the Third District Court of Appeal ...
Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Small California Town Lapses on Workers' Comp Insurance, Briefly Shuts Down Police Department

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The town of Isleton, California shut down its police department for about a week in late January after it lost its workers' compensation...
Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Court of Appeal Vindicates Firefighter's Workers' Comp Rights

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Where does the personal end and the legally compensable begin? In Richard Warner v. W.C.A.B. et al. , California’s Second Appellate District...