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High Court Denies Review to 'Other Insurance' Question
07/16/2010
The California Supreme Court on Wednesday declined review of two cases involving the California Insurance Guarantee Association including a special employer's challenge to a panel decision requiring it to reimburse CIGA for a claim.
The high court rejected a challenge by Proulx Manufacturing Co
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Special Employers Watching 2nd DCA 'Other Insurance' Case
07/12/2010
. That case is titled Fireman's Fund Insurance Co. and Rocket Science Laboratories v. WCAB.
Coincidentally the California Supreme Court has also yet to decide whether to grant a petition for review in another special employer dispute with the California Insurance Guarantee Association CIGA in a
Category: News
CAAA Announces Top Cases of 2010
06/28/2010
not involving those changes. Currently 14 cases are pending involving issues such as earnings apportionment serious and willful misconduct coverage and CIGA and temporary disability status."
Here is CAAA's list of most important cases from the past six months
Minivielle v. County of Contra
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Proulx Asks High Court to Consider 'Other Insurance' Question
06/11/2010
asking it to review a Workers' Compensation Appeals Board decision that its insurance qualified as "other insurance" under Insurance Code Section 1063.1c9.
The California Insurance Guarantee Association CIGA paid for a claim of an Applied Workforce Solutions employee after Applied's insurer went
Category: News
1st District to Consider Whether Tree Injury was 'Extraordinary'
06/10/2010
extraordinary that applicant would sustain some form of psychiatric injury as a consequence of such a serious orthopedic injury."
Aghazarian compared Campos' case to decisions in Diaz v. WCAB and Romero v. CIGA. In Diaz the board ruled that a limousine driver's auto accident was not "sudden and extraordinary
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Denial of Petition Leaves Special Employer's Carrier Liable to CIGA
06/01/2010
that Proulx the special employer of Carlota Bahney had "other insurance" as defined by Insurance Code Section 1063.1c9. The dispute arose after California Insurance Guarantee Association CIGA sought reimbursement for a claim it had paid on behalf of the general employer Applied Workforce
Category: News
Entities Waiting in the Wings for Recoveries from Cascade Figures
05/26/2010
By Michael Whiteley Eastern Bureau Chief
Entities ranging from the Internal Revenue Service to the California Insurance Guarantee Association CIGA are waiting in the wings to recover money from a group of former professional employer organization PEO executives assessed 19.3 million by a
Category: News
Three Bills Opposed by Insurers Stall in Legislature
05/10/2010
existing bond authority relating to workers' compensation claims until Jan. 1 2013.
And on Monday the Senate voted 34-0 to approve SB 1242 by Sen. Ron Calderon D-Montebello. The bill would extend from Jan. 1 2011 to Jan. 1 2013 the sunset date on the authority of CIGA to issue revenue bonds to
Category: News
Judge Declares Widom Innocent of Spousal Abuse Charge
05/07/2010
him from his position as partner and the Los Angeles City Attorney's Office filed a spousal abuse charge him.
The accusation prompted a WorkCompCentral editorial because the California Insurance Guarantee Association hired Widom's firm as a panel counsel while the criminal charge was pending. CIGA
Category: News
ACIC Comes Out Against Two Pending Comp Bills
04/29/2010
it is supporting SB 1242 by Ron Calderon D-Montebello which would extend the sunset date for the California Insurance Guarantee Association CIGA to issue revenue bonds by two years to Jan. 1 2013. The current date next Jan. 1 "limits CIGAs ability to assure adequate funding to pay covered
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