01/01/2018
WORKERS' COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD
1
2
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
3
4
5
RUBEN RODRIGUEZ
Case No. ADJ10478327
Oakland District Office
Applicant
6
7
vs.
OPINION AND DECISION
AFTER RECONSIDERATION
8
9
STATE OF CALIFORNIA Legally Uninsured
10
Defendant.
11
12
In order to further study
Category: Panel
08/02/2018
on the job and who agree to undergo a psychological examination.
New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu signed SB 553 convening a study commission to examine the incidence of PTSD among first responders and whether it should be covered by the states workers compensation system.
Sununu also signed
Category: News
02/26/2019
medicinal use. This is the first legislation of its kind filed in a state legislature. However as happened with marijuana several states have created or are attempting ballot initiatives to allow medicinal use of psilocybin.
Category: Blog
09/10/2012
' compensation professionals may be the injured workers but in fact a study by national drug-testing laboratory Ameritox found that workers' compensation patients were actually the least likely of those groups to test positive for recreational drugs such as cocaine heroin PCP amphetamines or marijuana.
Dr
Category: News
04/01/2016
to Deposition of William Sawyer Ph.D. Dr. Sawyers
notessummary filed on January 19 2016 DN 56 pp. 15-21
Exhibit #20
Exhibits to Deposition of William Sawyer Ph.D. Study by J. G.
Ramaekers filed on January 19 2016 DN 56 pp. 22-30
Exhibit #21
Deposition of Patrick Gibson
Category: Panel
07/09/2015
As groups that draft medical treatment guidelines push harder against the use of long-term opioid therapy a study from the Mayo Clinic has suggested that nearly one-quarter of patients using the drugs continue receiving prescriptions after three months and some of the people most likely to be
Category: News
08/01/2015
Illinois Hospital at 1035pm on September
7 20 13 is sufficient to create the rebuttable presumption that Petitioner was intoxicated at the
time of his alleged injury and that the intoxication was the proximate cause. This urine test was
positive for marijuana metabolites with a detection cutoff of 50 ng
Category: Panel
04/14/2008
through it before lawmakers return in January 2009.
"I think we agreed it is a very complex issue and one that we need to study" Jackson said. "The plaintiff's bar and the chamber and the union agreed it is probably too big an issue to attempt in one session."
On March 18 the House panel also waylaid
Category: News
02/14/2019
the law that allows for denial of benefits for workers injured due to the effects of marijuana.
House Bill 791 which has five sponsors all Democrats would require the Workers' Compensation Commission in consultation with the Department of Disabilities to study return-to-work policies for
Category: News
06/03/2019
employers face as a result of marijuana-impaired workers. While marijuana is generally not associated with overdoses Randall said theres a growing concern about high-potency edible products.
Randall noted that the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administrations general duty clause requires
Category: News