Current Newsletters
IMMUNITY FROM COVID-19 VACCINATION; IMMUNITY AFTER RECOVERING FROM COVID-19?
On October 22, 2021, a judge in Kern County determined that the power of the State is such that it can mandate vaccinations for certain employees. The judge stated that the Court was not in a position to dictate which and when such steps should be addressed by...
PTSD PRESUMPTION; 90-DAY RULE SHOULD BE REDUCED TO 30 DAYS & REMOVE THE EXPIRATION DATE OF 1/1/2025
Timelines are established for employers to determine whether a worker’s injury or medical condition is work-related. These timelines are set forth pursuant to labor Code §5402, which provides that once an employer has knowledge of an injury or medical condition...
MUTUAL EQUALITY
The California Workers’ Compensation system is designed to provide benefits to injured workers in the form of: Medical care to cure or relieve the effects of a work-related injury. Payments in the form of temporary disability benefits. (And for safety...
CATASTROPHIC EVENTS & ARTIFICIAL LIMITS
In certain catastrophic accidents, artificial compensation limits have been placed on the driver, family members and/or passengers in the vehicle which has been struck. These artificial limits are $15,000.00 per driver or passenger for injury or death to one...
THE LATEST COVID THREAT: COMORBIDITY
The continuation of COVID has resulted in a greater understanding of the medical phraseology which defines developments which result from the impact of COVID-19 on prior existing medical problems, as well as problems which develop subsequent to the finding of...
COVID/LONG HAULERS/LONG COVID
In two of my previous Law1199.com Newsletters — 2020 Issues 8 and 14 — I discussed the long-term impact of COVID and the fact that conditions associated with the virus may continue even after a change in symptomatology to the point where individuals who have been...
FIVE YEARS TO OBTAIN MORE JUSTICE; NO TIME LIMIT ON MEDICAL CARE
Two factors occurring with job-related injuries are the level of impairment and the need for medical care. The level of impairment is determined by medical opinions and comparing the objective findings (i.e., test results) with the subjective complaints of...
PROPOSED LEGISLATION WILL HELP TO CORRECT SOME OF THE WRONGS REGARDING ACCESS TO MEDICAL CARE
New legislation — AB 1465 — provides some important corrections to SB 899 and its harm¬ful limitations designed to restrict workers’ access to medical care. AB 1465 expands access to more doctors outside the employer-controlled medical groups, and establishes the...
HAVING A COVID-19 PREVENTION PROGRAM IS NOT AN OPTION; IT IS A NECESSITY: LONG COVID IS HERE
Two doctors from Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland – Dr. Robert Bollinger and Dr. Stuart Ray – have posted their medical opinions regarding a new strain of the coronavirus and its potential impact. They state that viruses do mutate over time, and there...
COVID-19: WILL IT EVER BECOME PERMANENT AND STATIONARY? WILL IT CAUSE HARM TO OTHER BODY SYSTEMS?
In Workers’ Compensation, the point at which a determination is made as to whether an injured worker has sustained any permanent impairment is when the worker’s condition has become permanent and stationary (P&S), meaning he/she has reached maximum medical...
