Climate Change’s Affects on Worker’s Compensation
With an anticipated surge in heat waves this summer, California officials are grappling with the lasting economic impact on workers and businesses, while also exploring additional measures to safeguard those most affected by extreme temperatures.
Despite California’s existing heat standards safeg…
Should I Settle My California Worker’s Compensation Claim?
An increasingly prevalent challenge in California’s workers’ compensation landscape involves claims related to cumulative trauma, where establishing causation can be dubious. These claims often arise after the worker has left their job, and additional diagnoses may be added by the claimant’s phys…
California Workers’ Compensation Inpatient Hospitalizations Down over 50%
A recent report reveals a significant 51.1% decrease in inpatient hospitalizations within the California workers’ compensation system from 2012 to 2022.
This decline stems from various factors, including reduced claim numbers, advancements in technology, changes in Medicare regulations permitting…
California Chiropractor Receives 54 Year Sentence for $150M Worker’s Comp Fraud
A former chiropractor was sentenced to 54 years, eight months in state prison and ordered to pay more than $23 million in fines for his role in orchestrating a massive workers’ compensation fraud scheme totaling $150 million.
Peyman Heidary, was convicted by a Riverside County jury in January 202…