Ron Mahurin

Northernworkerscomp.com //// An important case for those who enter into an employment contract is New York Yankees vs WCAB 66 Cal. Comp. Cases 291 (2001). The applicant, a baseball player, was traded to the New York Yankees by the San Diego Padres during the 1983 baseball season. After the seaso...

Northernworkerscomp.com //// It is not often the Supreme Court issues opinions in workers compensation cases, but in General Foundry Service vs WCAB (1986) 42 Cal.3d 331, 228 Cal.Rprt. 243; 721 P2d 124 the Court greatly influenced WC proceedings by finding that the WCAB had the power to reserve j...

Northernworkerscomp.com //// Foster vs Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd. (2008) 161 Cal.App.4th 1505, 1511-1513 [73 Cal.Comp.Cases 466] outlines what happens when you have two different injuries that cause temporary disability at the same time. Mr. Foster sustained two different injuries that resulted ...

Northernworkerscomp.com //// Belinda Go vs. Sutter Solano Medical Center ADJ 10168011 (San Francisco 2017) was a nurse who had an admitted industrial injury to her neck. Her Primary Treating Physician requested cervical surgery, which was time denied by Utilization Review (UR). Independent Me...

NorthernWorkersComp.com ///Eric Pasquotto vs Hayward Lumber (2006) 71 Cal. Comp Cases 271 is an older case, but interesting. Mr. Pasquotto sustained an industrial injury to his low back which ultimately required surgery. After a successful back surgery, he settled his case by Compromise and Rele...

Utilization Review (UR) is a significant impediment to receiving medical treatment. Under the current statutes, all requests for medical treatment must be sent to UR. If the Request For Authorization (RFA) is not on the proper form, it has no standing and can be denied. Once a doctor has made a ...

Total Temporary Disability Benefits, TTD or TD, are one of the most important benefits provided within the workers compensation system because they represent wage loss. It is difficult to obtain any type of constructive medical treatment if you cannot pay your living expenses. The case law is ext...

Settling a Worker’s Compensation case when you have applied for Social Security and Medicare is complicated because the 1965 amendment to Section 224 of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. §424a, introduced the offset for periodic workers’ compensation benefits paid to recipients of social securit...

A few months ago the 3rd District Court of Appeal issued a decision rejecting the W.C.A.B.’s reliance on an award by a WCJ of Permanent Total Disability based on Labor Code 4662(b)’s language of disability “…in accordance with the fact”. In doing so, the Court specifically found, in the absence o...