05/05/2022
A California appeals court on Wednesday ordered the Workers Compensation Appeals Board to explain the origin of its grant-for- study procedure and why it shouldnt be precluded from using the process in the future.
The 2nd District Court of Appeal also allowed a group of insurance companies
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08/02/2023
granting reconsideration the court said. The board may not simply grant reconsideration for the purpose of further study. We therefore issue a writ of mandate requiring the board to cease its grant-for- study procedure and to comply with the statute when granting reconsideration.
The court in
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03/08/2022
A longstanding practice of the Workers Compensation Appeals Board to issue so-called grant and study orders in response to petitions for reconsideration deprives injured workers of their constitutional right to a quick resolution of their claims and is not authorized by any statute or
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07/21/2008
Although there is little financial support for transitional work grant programs these programs can significantly decrease indemnity costs lost-time claims and medical only claims according to a study from the University of Cincinnati.
The university's Department of Rehabilitation Sciences
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05/30/2023
The 2nd District Court of Appeal has now completed oral arguments and is considering final briefing in the dispute over whether the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board’s “ grant for study” process is constitutional.
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08/08/2023
even a glimmer in his father’s eye the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board would grant petitions for further study and then address the petitions on their merits down the line sometimes more than a year later. The WCAB would engage in this practice to avoid the effect of Labor
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06/23/2014
The Village of Prospect has received a 25000 grant from the state for a study on how to cope with two workers compensation claims that will likely exceed 600000 and sink the village financially the Utica Observer-Dispatch reported.
The rural village 100 miles west of Albany has a
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01/12/2024
commissioners of their preferred tool for dealing with them rubber-stamp and boilerplate statements granting petitions for the purpose of additional study.
For years the WCAB issued grant-for- study orders to comply with the law that automatically denies petitions if the board doesnt issue a decision
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06/09/2008
according to prosecutors who attended the meeting.
Next week in addition to releasing the important medical fraud study and advising the commissioner on the grant funding the Fraud Assessment Commission will also consider a proposal for a study on the underground economy listen to recommendations for
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12/01/2022
RECONSIDERATION
We issued an Opinion and Order Granting Petition for Reconsideration Grant for Study
on June 1 2021 in order to study the factual and legal issues in this case. 1 This is our Opinion and
Decision After Reconsideration.
It has come to the attention of the Appeals Board that the parties
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