Happy Monday, dear readers! Your humble blogger brings you a rather unfortunate writ denied case this morning, that of Greenbrae Management/SCIF v. WCAB/Torres. This is yet another in those long line of cases where the applicant prevailed on the theory … Continue reading
Happy Friday, dear readers! Did you know your humble blogger is a lifetime victim of violence? For all my clumsy, clumsy life I’ve fallen from swings and slides, bumped into walls and fellow-pedestrians, and, once, even fell out bed while … Continue reading
Happy Wednesday, dear readers! As my beloved followers, subscribers, and even the occasional anonymous lurker who is too shy to drop me a line might recall, this blog previously reported on the case of Dreher v. WCAB, wherein the WCAB … Continue reading
And then, suddenly… a sidewalk! Have you had an opportunity, dear readers, to review the case of Dreher v. Alliance Residential? It’s a recent panel decision that was denied review by the Court of Appeal. Applicant sustained an admitted physical … Continue reading
Your humble blogger was recently at the board getting a take-nothing order following a catastrophic injury which resulted in total permanent disability (or was it just a walkthrough? So hard to remember…) In any case, using his super-human ability to … Continue reading
The “going [to work] and coming [from work]” rule is a subject that surfaces now and then in the world of workers’ compensation. After all, injuries can happen anywhere, so why not while going to or coming from work? The … Continue reading
California Labor Code section 4662 allows for a presumption of total permanent disability in cases of the loss of sight in both eyes, loss of use of both hands, practically total paralysis, and brain injuries resulting in mental incapacity or … Continue reading