A Partner at Boxer & Gerson LLP, Julius Young has practiced worker’s compensation law and social security disability law since 1979. He has represented thousands of individuals who have sustained life-changing injuries or illnesses while on the job. In every case, his goal is to secure the medical treatments his clients need.
The writ in Dubon II has been denied. The constitutionality of the IMR system in in play in the pending Stevens case. Meanwhile, another interesting case involving UR and IMR was recently decided by the WCAB. Thanks to the LexisNexis Legal Newsroom on Workers’ Compensation and attorney Robert Rassp for bringing the case of Loretta […]
The DWC has posted on its website the RAND Corporations’s study on home health care in workers’ compensation. The study, titled “Home Health Care for California’s Injured Workers: Options for Implementing a Fee Schedule” can be found here: www.dir.ca.gov/dwc/Reports/HomeHealthCareCAIW.pdf SB 863 added Labor Code 5307.1(a)(1) which requires the DWC adopt a home health services fee […]
The constitutional challenge to California’s IMR system in Frances Stevens v. Outspoken Enterprises continues to be the number one story in California workers’ comp. At this past weekend’s CAAA convention in San Diego much of the focus was on the problem of injured workers getting medical treatment, the high volume of UR denials, and the […]
On Sunday the California Applicants’ Attorneys Association wrapped up its 2015 winter convention in San Diego. CAAA’s conventions often serve as a weathervane of the California workers’ comp scene, and as incubators for new theories and trends. The syllabus to the meetings was 1,585 pages long. What follows are some quick takeaways I got from some of […]
Welcome to workerscompzone’s 2015 California workers’ comp quiz. What does 2015 hold for the workers’ comp world? Each year the blog features a quiz where you can test your ability to gauge future events. I’ve set aside a bottle of good Pinot for anyone who aces this year’s quiz. Here is a list of 10 […]
The California courts may be on the verge of clarifying the required standard for using vocational expert testimony to rebut the California permanent disability rating schedule under the Ogilvie case. Around a year ago Contra Costa County filed a Petition for a Writ of Review in the Doreen Dahl v. Contra Costa County case. In January […]
The announcement that Senator Barbara Boxer won’t run for re-election has set in motion a game of political musical chairs. On a personal level, it’s hard to imagine that Senator Boxer has already served in the Senate for about 23 years. When I started at Boxer & Gerson in the mid-1980s she held a seat […]
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