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The applicant filed a cumulative trauma claim alleging back and hip injuries from September 17, 2017 through September 17, 2018. The claim was denied due to a lack of medical and factual evidence. After securing a favorable Qualified Medical Evaluator in our preferred medical... Read More →

The applicant filed a cumulative trauma claim for the period June 1, 2020 through July 18, 2021 to her neck, back, shoulders, feet and knees.  Defendants timely denied the claim based on lack of substantial medical reporting.  Defense counsel pressed the matter to trial... Read More →

The applicant suffered an accepted specific injury claim based on the laceration.  Applicant hired an attorney to pursue litigation.  The client had engaged our office to either resolve the case for a nominal sum or push forward with discovery to resolve all outstanding... Read More →

In this case handled by Melissa Duchene, applicant had a minor knee bump and then over a week later became paralyzed.  The applicant’s attorney initially filed a specific injury on the knee trying to raise the paralysis as a compensable consequence.  They subsequently... Read More →

This case involved an accepted date of injury.  The PQME provided a report finding 0% whole person impairment. Thereafter, applicant’s attorney obtained a PTP report finding applicant to have 8% whole person impairment for the cervical spine and 7% whole person impairment... Read More →

The applicant in this matter was a Minor League baseball player who played exclusively for out-of-state minor league affiliates of the California-based MLB baseball club, San Francisco Giants. This matter proceeded to trial on the bifurcated issue of whether the Workers’... Read More →

The WCAB issued a favorable decision in favor of an out-of-state employer under the AB-1309 amendments to Labor Code Section 3600.5. While the WCAB stopped short of finding the entire CT claim barred per Labor Code Section 3600.5(d), the WCAB found the Philadelphia Phillies... Read More →

Case involved a 10/13/15 denied specific injury to the applicant’s back. The claim was originally denied based on no substantial medical or factual evidence to support a work related injury as well as pursuant to LC3600(a)(10) – post termination basis. During the applicant’s... Read More →

This case involved a former professional hockey player alleging a CT injury to multiple body parts. The case was filed with the WCAB on 9/16/2013 and served on all Defendants on the same date. Since this date came after implementation of the AB1309 amendments to Labor Cod... Read More →

The matter was received in our office as a new referral on June 17, 2014 and involved a denied specific injury. The Applicant claimed to have injured his shoulder on 11/1/13 as a result of lifting a bag of flour. In addition to the shoulder the Applicant also claimed sleep... Read More →