Workers Comp Zone

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.

March 23, 2008

DIRTY CAR WASHES

Happy Easter. It’s been quite a week. We’ve been bombarded with images of the nuttyJeremiah Wright. There’s got to be more to James Cone’s”Liberation Theology” than Wright’s screeds. But just as liberals have their Wright, conservatives have their John Hagee and Pat Robertson. Growing up in the Bible Belt, I always had a love-hate relationship […]


March 21, 2008

EAMS COMMENT PERIOD

The DWC has now posted proposed regulations on its website dealing with EAMS (the coming electronic paperless system) and voc retraining/return to work. The regs include proposed new forms to be used in California workers comp cases. The regs are in a public electronic forum phase, at least til March 25th.It’s not clear why the […]


March 19, 2008

A BAD BILL

Here’s a legislative stinker for you: SB 1096. The bill would allow pharmacies to sell patient information to pharmaceutical companies, who would then be able to communicate directly with patients about prescription refills. The rationale? Some patients forget to take their medicine, and these communications would allow for reminders to people who might otherwise skip […]


March 17, 2008

TASK FORCE TELLS POIZNER: PROSECUTE CARRIER FRAUD

Bear Sterns is being bailed out. March Madness is around the corner.California Republican legislators who blocked higher yacht and oil taxes are now probably facing bake sales outside their offices staffed by teachers getting pink slips. Bobby Flay kicks butt again on Iron Chef. Bush issues an executive order emasculating the independent Intelligence Oversight Board. […]


March 15, 2008

WHO?

Who? And when? The governor still hasn’t filled that other vacancy on the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board. The rumor mill has been kinda quiet. Send your suggestions and reliable tips to me and I’ll consider posting them. And check back in the next couple of days for my next post… “What If?” Julius Youngwww.boxerlaw.com (you […]


WHO?

Who? And when? The governor still hasn’t filled that other vacancy on the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board. The rumor mill has been kinda quiet. Send your suggestions and reliable tips to me and I’ll consider posting them. And check back in the next couple of days for my next post… “What If?” Julius Youngwww.boxerlaw.com (you […]


March 12, 2008

THE EAMS NEWSLETTER

The California DWC continues on in its EAMS project for the Workers Compensation Appeals Board to go paperless. It’s a huge project, and recently there have been many rumors that the project had hit some bumps in the road, delaying its rollout. Now the DWC is sponsoring an EAMS newsletter to keep the comp “community” […]