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 2, 2007

A HAIL MARY PASS?

It’s been about as exciting as watching paint dry. The “special session” of the legislature to deal with healthcare reform, that is. Schwarzenegger’s call to extend the legislative year by focusing on healthcare and water projects appears to be going nowhere. Today, there’s word of a new study that shows that the percentage of Californians […]


November 1, 2007

JERRY BROWN TO THE RESCUE

I’ve got a question for you. Whether you grew up watching “Family Feud” or “I’ve Got A Secret,” we all seem to love a good quiz. What do car washes, restaurants, landscaping businesses, garment factories, construction firms and farms have in common? Answer: they’re hotbeds of employment law violations. Scofflaws are a big problem in […]


October 29, 2007

AT A SNAIL'S PACE

The U.S. Senate has called for answers as to why Medicare (the Centers for Medicare Services) is taking so long to act on Medicare set-aside proposals. Here’s a link to an article on the issue, which was raised by New Jersey Senator Frank Lautenberg:http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/jersey/in … amp;coll=1 Medicare’s sloth in acting on set-asides has apparently backlogged […]


February 23, 2007

CHEESE WHIZ AND MEDICAL TREATMENT

On Friday, February 23, Cheese Whiz will be meeting at the California state building auditorium on Clay Street. Cheese Whiz? That’s the acronym for the California Commission on Health, Safety and Workers’ Compensation. It’s a state agency charged to do study and loose oversight of the workers’ comp system. The CHWSC has little actual power, […]


February 21, 2007

CLOUDS OVER HEALTH CARE REFORM

For an excellent look at some of the factors which may block health care reform in the legislature this year, check out this article in The Fresno Bee by Jim Boren:http://www.fresnobee.com/182/v-printerf … 30533.html Health care reform is important to injured workers, and I will continue to highlight important developments in the debate. Julius Youngwww.boxerlaw.com Category: […]


ALFONSO MORESI APPOINTED TO WCAB

San Francisco attorney Alfonso Moresi has been appointed to an open slot on the California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board.Moresi will fill the slot that recently opened up with the departure of WCAB commissioner Merle Rabine. The appointment is subject to confirmation by the California State Senate. I have known Al Moresi for years. Although I […]


February 20, 2007

ARE EMPLOYERS FLEEING CALIFORNIA?

A major factor that led to the Draconian comp reforms of 2003 and 2004 was the job flight issue. Proponents of reform argued that workers’ comp was strangling the California economy, causing business to leave for other states or the Far East. But a recent study by a prestigious think-tank, the Public Policy Institute of […]