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Green v. WCAB (City of Compton)
12/17/2020
Legislature intended to give retroactive application to a substantive statute. Amicus CWCI contends that new section 5814 is merely a procedural change in calculation of increased compensation while Green and Amicus CAAA argue that substantive rights are affected.
We agree with Green and CAAA that
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Industrial Indemnity Co. v. WCAB
12/17/2020
defendants. Similarly CWCI contends that joint and several liability may generally be imposed only if the employee elects to proceed against more than one defendant but fewer than all defendants joined in the action. fn. 3 We disagree.
Labor Code section 5500.5 subdivision c provides in relevant part
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Beverly Hills Multispecialty Med. Grp. v. WCAB
12/17/2020
4620 subd. a.
FN 12. We requested that counsel for the California Medical Association CMA California Applicants' Attorneys Association CAAA California Society of Industrial Medicine and Surgery Inc. CSIMS and California Workers' Compensation Institute CWCI brief the following '1
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CWCI : Self-Insured Claims Dropped, Thanks to Steep Decline in Medical-Only Cases
12/11/2020
policies dropped 1 between July 1 2019 and June 30 2020 a window that included the first several months of the COVID-19 pandemic CWCI reported.
Total benefits paid per claim jumped 7.4 to more than 3800 as a result of a sharp uptick in average indemnity payments according to CWCI.
First
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CWCI : Nonfatal Work Injuries Rose Between 2018 and 2019
12/08/2020
-pandemic employment numbers were at record levels CWCI said.
The report was based on survey data released last month by the Department of Industrial Relations Office of Policy Research and Legislation CWCI said.
California employers recorded more than 484000 nonfatal injuries in 2019
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NASI Data Shows Golden State Largest Comp System in Nation
11/19/2020
6.286 billion in benefits paid in New York which ranked second and 3.5 times the 3.466 billion in benefits paid in Florida which ranked third in terms of workers comp payments the CWCI bulletin reads.
CWCI reports that data for California shows 53.4 of benefits 6.555 billion were for
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CWCI : Fewer Spinal Fusions, Decline in Lower Joint Surgeries Caused Drop in Hospitalizations
11/11/2020
medical review and utilization review programs that require evidence-based standards according to the study.
Anti-fraud efforts and eliminating duplicate payments for implanted devices also contributed to the decline CWCI said.
Workers comp claims declined over the past decade and more workers
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COVID Claims Clear 50,000; Less Than One-Third Denied, CWCI Data Shows
11/09/2020
Workers have filed more than 50000 claims alleging occupational exposure to the new coronavirus since January with employers denying liability on l
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Lack of Uniform State Handling Makes It Hard to Pin Down National COVID Trends
11/06/2020
COVID-related claims exceed those filed in other states.
Through October the Golden State has reported 50592 COVID-19 claims with health care public safety and manufacturing seeing the most according to CWCI.
The state reached a peak in July with just under 16000 claims. Totals have been
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CWCI Reports Benefit Increases for 2021
11/03/2020
CWCI said. Minimum benefits are also tied to changes in the states average weekly wage and will increase to 203.44 per week from 194.91.
Beginning next January other workers compensation benefits including TTD paid two years or more after injury life pension and PTD payments for injuries on
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