Beating the Post-Termination Psych Claim Bar Under 3208.3
Labor Code 3208.3 presumes a post-termination psychiatric claim non-compensable. The exceptions that actually defeat the bar, and the recor…
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Workers' Comp
Workers' compensation in California — WCAB rulings, MPN/QME procedure, third-party PI coordination, and the practice-side of comp claims.
Pricing the Medicare Set-Aside Into a Comp Settlement
The Medicare set-aside decides the client's net as much as the gross settlement does. How to size it, fund it, and build it into intake ins…
Rebutting the Strict AMA Guides Rating Under Almaraz/Guzman
The impairment rating decides the permanent disability award, and in California the strict AMA Guides number is not the last word. Almaraz/…
Winning the Apportionment Fight on Permanent Disability
Apportionment decides what a permanent-disability award is really worth. Here is how applicant counsel tests a weak causation opinion under…
When the Comp Lien Meets the Third-Party Recovery
The comp carrier's lien, credit, and direct-action rights can swallow a client's third-party net. Employer fault and the common-fund doctri…
Workers' Comp Credit vs. Lien: Defeating the Future Offset
The comp carrier's future credit, not its lien, is usually the larger exposure in a third-party case. Employer fault, the common-fund rule,…
Third-Party Subrogation Credit: The Math That Wins the Net
Third-party subrogation in workers' comp is a state-by-state math problem, not a national doctrine. The carrier's first letter rarely refle…
WCAB Rulings That Reshaped MPN Practice in 2026
Two Workers' Compensation Appeals Board decisions in late 2025 reshaped how Medical Provider Network selections are challenged and how seco…
QME Panel Strategy: When to Strike, When to Hold
The Qualified Medical Evaluator panel-strike decision is one of the highest-stakes early choices in a represented California workers' comp…
Workers' Comp + Third-Party PI: The Coordination Playbook
When a workplace injury also produces a third-party tort claim, both files run in parallel. Coordinating them well — or badly — moves real…