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| Lewis , S | C057392 | SAC 341852 | writ issued 3/19/08 |
-- Following Ct of Appeal’s summary denial, CA Supreme Ct granted applicant’s petition for review (S160237) and transferred matter back to Ct of Appeal re issue of whether 2005 PDRS was properly applied based on Vera.
| Calvillo, M | 2-5-B200215 | LAO 0748196 | writ issued 2/22/08 |
-- Whether WCAB properly awarded TD more than 5 years after applicant’s date of injury and section 5814 penalty against TD.
| Alexander, J | C057410 | SAC 0356288 | writ issued 2/21/08 |
-- Whether Labor Code §4663(e), effective 1/1/07, was properly applied retroactively, i.e., to an injury prior 1/1/07.
| Pugh, D | 2-1-B201677 | MON 037954 | writ issued 2/20/08 |
-- Following Ct of Appeal’s summary denial, CA Supreme Ct granted applicant’s petition for review (S159999) and transferred matter back to Ct of Appeal re issue of whether WCAB properly reversed WCJ to find applicant’s claim barred by the statute of limitations.
| Barron, S | C057780 | STK 193553 | writ issued 2/14/08 |
-- Whether it was properly found that decedent’s death from a ruptured aneurism was industrial.
| Carls, D | 2-4-B199404 | MON 0314884 | writ issued 1/31/08 |
-- Statute of limitations, estoppel.
| Facundo-Guerrero, J | 1-4-A119814 | SFO 0489218 | writ issued 1/17/08 |
-- Constitutionality of 24-visit cap on chiropractic treatment in Labor Code section 4604.5(d)(1).
| Newlands, J | C057437 | SAC 0322261 | writ issued 1/11/08 |
-- PD rating schedule.
| Dorigo, B | C057303 | SAC 315585 | writ issued 1/10/08 |
-- Whether costs under Labor code section 5811 for the report of the applicant’s vocational rehabilitation consultant were properly allowed. (Consolidated with Barr, J [C054907/SAC313673], see below.)
| Madhaw, B | C057199 | SAC 341948 | writ issued 1/7/08 |
-- Whether defendant was properly denied credit for PD advances ($5,278) re parties’ C&R.
| Tomlin, D | 2-5-B199429 | VNO 0525839 | writ issued 12/14/07 |
-- AOE/COE, Labor Code section 3600(a)(9).
| Silva, L | C056727 | STK 196694 | writ issued 10/26/07 |
-- Whether UEF may be held liable for sanctions under Labor Code section 5813.
| Burnham, D | 3-C055988 | RDG 119164 | writ granted 8/17/07 |
-- Petitioner contends that the WCAB erred in reversing its prior decision and applying the 2005 PD rating schedule because the parties had previously exhausted their administrative remedies.
| Smith, D | 4-2-EO43714 | RIV 058707 | writ issued 8/15/07 |
-- AOE/COE, statute of limitations re heart injury, skin cancer and prostate cancer.
| Buford, L | 1-5-A115822 | OAK 247278, etc | writ issued 8/3/07 |
-- Whether VRMA properly awarded at the TD rate outside the $16,000 cap of Labor Code section 139.5(c) despite repeal of Labor Code section 4642; credit against VRMA for income from applicant's rental properties (and the effect of depreciation on the income calculation); and whether a second injury was responsible for the need for VR.
| Barr, J | 3-C054907 | SAC 0313673 | writ issued 4/26/07 |
-- Whether costs of vocational rehabilitation consultant's report were properly disallowed under Labor Code section 5811
| Smith, D and Amar, D | S150528 | GRO 16225/ GOL 89438 | review granted 4/18/07 |
-- The CA Supreme Court granted review (S150528) of the published decision issued by Division 6 of the 2nd Appellate District in these cases (B190054/B190655), which reversed the WCAB to award Labor Code section 4607 attorney's fees to applicant's counsel.
| Sandhagen, B | S149257 | RDG 0115958 | review granted 2/7/07 |
-- CA Supreme Ct granted applicant's petition for review of the published opinion issued by the 3rd Appellate District (C048668/C049286) affirming the WCAB's two en banc decisions in Sandhagen I (69 Cal.Comp.Cases 1452) and Sandhagen II (70 Cal.Comp.Cases 208). Applicant alleges error in the determination that the utilization review (UR) process under Labor Code section 4610 is not mandatory and does not preclude an employer from using the QME/AME dispute resolution procedure of section 4062(a)