RTGR Law has Achieved the AV Preeminent® Rating – the Highest Possible Rating from Martindale-Hubbell®
- October 11th, 2016
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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…
Dahl overturned by the Court
- September 25th, 2015
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The Court of Appeal has overturned the WCAB’s decision and concluded: In sum, we find WCAB’s approach in this case flies in the face of Ogilvie and the 2004 amendments to the workers’ compensation scheme. Under the 2004 amendments, a…
Safety Officer Benefits & Presumptions PowerPoint
- May 6th, 2015
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We are offering a PowerPoint program featuring the best strategies for managing Labor Code section 4850 pay issues and police officer/firefighter injury presumptions. Please call or e-mail us to schedule a presentation. To view or download the materials, click the “Continue Reading” tab below, then click…
Employers Caught in the Middle on Immigration
- November 7th, 2014
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The last decade has seen a vast increase in workplace litigation revolving around a worker’s immigration status. In 2002, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Hoffman Plastic Compounds Inc. vs. NLRB (2002) 535 U.S. 137. This case involved an undocumented worker…
Dubon reversed by the WCAB
- October 16th, 2014
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The Appeals Board has issued an en banc decision addressing the WCAB’s jurisdiction to resolve medical disputes and the role of the statutory IMR process. Sound familiar? That’s because it is—the WCAB recently issued a new en banc Opinion and…