Sullivan On Comp Update for March

Sullivan On Comp Online has been updated with new March developments - here's a list of the tasty stuff:

1. Section 2.17 Statutory Exceptions to the Exclusive Remedy Rule: LeFiell Manufacturing Co. v. Superior Court (2011) Cal. App.
2. Section 2.23 Effect of a Settlement: Steller v. Sears, Roebuck and Co. (2010) 75 CCC 1146
3. Section 4.59 Contractor Licensing Requirements: Cortez v. Abich et al. (2011) 76 CCC 81
4. Section 4.73 General and Special Employment: Angelotti v. The Walt Disney Co. et al. (2011) 76 CCC 102
5. Section 5.27 Off-Duty Recreational Activities: City of Oakland v. WCAB (Kroushour) (2010) 76 CCC 33 (writ denied)
6. Section 5.31 Psychiatric Injury -- Six-Month Rule: Jackson v. City of Los Angeles Department of Transportation (Panel 2010) 38 CWCR 306
7. Section 5.33 Psychiatric Injury -- Good-Faith Personnel Actions: Moreno Valley Unified School District v. WCAB (Baladaray) (2010) 75 CCC 1444 (writ denied)
8. Section 5.46 Regular Place of Employment: Winkleblack Construction v. WCAB (Catugda) (2010) 75 CCC 1300 (writ denied)
9. Section 5.65 Compensable Consequence Injuries: Patrick v. SCIF (2010) 38 CWCR 153
10. Section 7.3 Scope of Care -- Applied Cases: State Farm Ins. Co. v. WCAB (Pearson) (2011) 76 CCC 69
11. Section 7.4 Reasonable Expenses Incidental to Treatment: Guitron v. Santa Fe Extruders (2011) ADJ163338 (LAO 0873468) (appeals board en banc)
12. Section 7.49 Predesignation of Treating Physician: Scudder v. Verizon California, Inc. (2011) ADJ916063 (VNO 0541860)
13. Section 7.56 MPN -- Escaping the Network: Menicucci v. State of California Department of Transportation (2010) 38 CWCR 272 (panel decision)
14. Section 10.37 The Wilkinson Rule and Benson: Cocio v. Mountain View School Dist. (2010) 38 CWCR 150
15. Section 11.4 Adjustment of Permanent Disability Payments for an Offer of Work: Quintero v. City of Sebastopol (2011) ADJ7219970
16. Section 11.8 Discrimination Under LC 132a: Mezhiburskaya v. Sunny Medical Transportation, Inc., 2010 Cal. Wrk. Comp. P.D. LEXIS 369 (panel decision)
17. Section 11.26 Enforcement of the ADA: Stiefel v. Bechtel Corp. (2010) 75 CCC 1271
18. Section 14.12 Depositions: Armando v. Endodontic Associates Corp., 2010 Cal. Wrk. Comp. P.D. LEXIS 216
19. Section 14.33 Second Opinions on Spinal Surgery: Andrews v. Law Offices of Kenneth Reynolds (2011) ADJ6575307
20. Section 14.41 Communications with AME and QME: Ferniza v. Rent A Center, Inc. (2010) ADJ1644999 (LAO 0880435) (panel decision)
21. Section 14.42 Timeliness Requirements: Senenoi v. Nor Cal Metal Fabricators (2010) ADJ1162016 (SAC 0343805)
22. Section 15.61 Evidence at Trial: State Farm Ins. Co. v. WCAB (Pearson) (2011) 76 CCC 69
23. Section 15.74 Legal Representation Before the Appeals Board: Advantage Workers' Compensation Ins. Co. v. WCAB (Baum) (2010) 75 CCC 1415 (writ denied)
24. Section 15.96 Attorney's Fees -- Lien Against the Employee's Compensation: Hamill v. Martinez Unified School District, 2010 Cal. Wrk. Comp. P.D. LEXIS 361

To get the full digest, including summaries of the cases, go to http://www.workcompcentral.com/pdf/2011/misc/SOC_Update_20110401.pdf.

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