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.

November 22, 2007

GOOD TIME FOR SHARKS

It’s Thanksgiving. Being a lawyer has been good to me and most of my colleagues in the workers’ comp field. But perks? The workers’ comp industry doesn’t have many perks. Yes, the occasional A’s game ticket. And periodic educational junkets and forums. Not much else. You can only use so many pens and hi-liters from […]


November 18, 2007

MOTHRA FIGHTS GODZILLA

Hey, it’s the weekend and my mind works in strange ways. Remember the 1950s/1960s Japanese monster films, many of which are now cult classics? Mothra vs. Godzilla was in 1962:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mothra_vs._Godzilla I couldn’t help thinking of those classic monster films this week as I saw ACOEM doing battle with IJOEH in the press. The battle of […]


November 16, 2007

THE WCAB EN BANC IN COSTA 2

A unanimous California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board has issued its decision in Joey Costa vs. Hardy Diagnostic and State Compensation Insurance Fund. Here’s the link to the decision:http://www.dir.ca.gov/WCAB/EnBancdecisi … 7-EB-8.pdf The decision (Costa “2”) affirms the right of applicant attorneys to use vocational experts/labor market experts to rebut the permanent disability rating schedule. But who […]


THE WCAB EN BANC IN COSTA 2

A unanimous California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board has issued its decision in Joey Costa vs. Hardy Diagnostic and State Compensation Insurance Fund. Here’s the link to the decision:http://www.dir.ca.gov/WCAB/EnBancdecisi … 7-EB-8.pdf The decision (Costa “2”) affirms the right of applicant attorneys to use vocational experts/labor market experts to rebut the permanent disability rating schedule. But who […]


November 15, 2007

IN THE CIRCULAR FILE

A few years ago, a batch of Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board mail was found in a dumpster away from the court. Sorta circular filed, so to speak. I remember when I was a newbie workers’ comp attorney practicing at the Oakland district office. The local board at the time was having severe clerical problems. Somewhere […]


IN THE CIRCULAR FILE

A few years ago a batch of Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board mail was found in a dumpster away from the court. Sorta circular filed, so to speak. I remember when I was a newbie workers comp attorney practicing at the Oakland district office. The local board at the time was having severe clerical problems. Somewhere […]


November 13, 2007

BLACKWATER AND VETERANS DAY

Veterans Day 2007. The Iraq War continues, unstopped by a Democratic Congress that lacks the votes to override the Bush-Cheney team. It’s odd how you can live your life forgetting about the conflict thousands of miles away. The Bachelor is still agonizing about who he’ll pick for the rose ceremony. The stars are still dancing. […]