RTGR’s “Winning Strategies” Presentation is available now
- September 29th, 2017
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We are offering a PowerPoint program featuring the best tips for beating the strategies and tactics devised by Applicant’s Attorneys at their recent state conventions. Please call or e-mail us to schedule a presentation. To view or download the materials,…
Continuing Education Training by RTGR Attorneys
- June 8th, 2017
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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
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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
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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
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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…
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
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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…
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…