Continuing Education Training by RTGR Attorneys
- June 8th, 2017
- Tom Richard
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We look forward to presenting any of the following 1-2 hour training programs to your team. Please call or e-mail your local RTGR Law Office to set up a presentation: http://rtgrlaw.com/contact/ Using the Dahl case to Win How to use…
Recover your WC costs through Subrogation
- May 1st, 2017
- Tom Richard
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Workers’ Compensation injuries may be the fault of a third-party, not the employer. In California, the employer can recover those costs through a subrogation action filed in Superior Court. Upon receipt of a worker’s compensation claim, the adjuster or attorney…
WC Insurance and the “Exclusive Remedy Rule”
- April 14th, 2017
- Tom Richard
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All employers must secure payment of compensation for workers’ compensation liability under California Labor Code § 3700. An employer cannot opt out of workers’ compensation liability insurance in California; rather it is required by Labor Code § 3700 et seq….
Fraud Fighting Tips from Prosecutors
- April 6th, 2017
- Tom Richard
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Workers’ Compensation fraud is an ever increasing problem in California, but enforcement agencies, employers, adjusters, investigators, and attorneys are developing new and innovative ways to combat the increased economic burden that fraud places on the Workers’ Compensation system. California Department…
RTGR Law has Achieved the AV Preeminent® Rating – the Highest Possible Rating from Martindale-Hubbell®
- October 11th, 2016
- Tom Richard
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RTGR Law has earned the 2017 AV Preeminent® rating from Martindale-Hubbell® the highest possible rating for both ethical standards and legal ability. RTGR Law has achieved this rating every year since 2014. For more than 130 years, lawyers have relied…
Will SB 897 create a public safety risk?
- August 23rd, 2016
- Tom Richard
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SB 897 is a bill working its way through the legislature and many observers expect it to make its way to the Governor’s desk by August 31st. The bill would provide a second year of Labor Code section 4850 pay…
Pending legislation update…
- August 5th, 2016
- Tom Richard
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The California State Legislature returned from its summer recess on August 1st and is due to finish all legislation by August 31st. There are several bills that would affect public agency employers, some of which have become law or are…
Two-Years of 4850 Pay?!
- May 25th, 2016
- Tom Richard
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This week the California Senate unanimously passed SB 897, a bill that would add section 4850.1 to the Labor Code, providing a second year of Labor Code section 4850 pay for each injury claimed by police officers and firefighters. Current…
50% Apportionment Upheld by WCAB
- April 8th, 2016
- Tom Richard
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By Karen Course, Esq. RTGR Law recently had a case come to Trial where the central issue was apportionment. The applicant had an injury in 2000 to the same body parts for which she had received a significant award and for…
Rebooting California’s Workers’ Compensation Lien Process
- December 15th, 2015
- Tom Richard
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The Story of SB863’s Legacy-Lien Activation Fee By Lauren J. Moniz, Esq. A recent Ninth Circuit panel decision has put some lien claimants between a rock and a hard place; while at the same time, the decision upholds the intention of…