California Workers' Compensation Law and Practice - Volume 1
- Publisher:
- James Publishing
- Publication date:
- 2022-03-31
- Authors:
-
Roger A. Tolman, Jr.
Monika R. Reyes
David L. Pollak - ISBN:
- 978-1-58012-300-6
Description:
Contains advice from the bench, step-by-step procedures, practice-proven strategies, and 6,000 case citations. Considered by many to be the number one authority on the subject
Index
- Preliminary Sections
- Introduction
- Jurisdiction
- The employment relationship
- Injury
- Course of employment (time and place)
- Arising out of employment (causal relationship)
- Temporary disability
- Permanent disability
- Medical benefits
- Liens and medical-legal cost petitions
- Death benefits
- Penalties: increased and reduced compensation on account of fault
- Insurance: securing liability for compensation
- The delivery system: administrative supervision; notice requirements; audit procedures; anti-fraud legislation; injury prevention programs; information and assistance program; new SB 863 organizations
- Settlements: compromise and release, and stipulated findings & award
- Claim filing procedure, pleadings, venue and dismissal
- Attorneys and representatives
- Statute of limitations: original filings and reopenings
- Preparation for trial and other pre-trial matters
- Pre-trial discovery: depositions and other techniques
- Trial setting and trial
- Judgments: post-trial dispositions, decisions and other matters (interest, costs, credit, clerical error, enforcement, commutation and restitution)
- Reconsideration and review
- Third-party suits
- Index
- Table of Authorities
- Table of Cases