A Partner at Boxer & Gerson LLP, Julius Young has practiced worker’s compensation law and social security disability law since 1979. He has represented thousands of individuals who have sustained life-changing injuries or illnesses while on the job. In every case, his goal is to secure the medical treatments his clients need.
For some time I’ve been expecting that the WCAB would issue a decision clarifying its position on rebutting the 2005 permanent disability rating schedule. In Scott Boughner vs. CompUSA the WCAB had upheld the validity of the 2005 PD schedule (Boughner’s counsel has requested the Court of Appeal review that decision but there is no […]
More on shredding of the “safety net”: Cash strapped counties are having problems meeting their safety net obligations……Backlogs in the welfare system that may affect some who run out of unemployment, state disability or workers’ comp and are unable to find employment in a declining economy……. Here’s the Contra Costa Times piece:http://www.contracostatimes.com/politic … source=rss Stay […]
In life, there’s good shredding. Eddie Van Halen on guitar. Some of the licks from The Scorpions or one of your favorite metal bands. And there’s bad shredding. As in when the societal “safety net” starts to weaken. In California the latter seems to be happening. We live in a time of “good banks” and […]
The week isn’t yet over, but you may be feeling a bit cranky. You wouldn’t have wanted a $35,000 antique commode with legs, but it galls you to see that former Merrill Lynch chief John Thain spent over a million redecorating his office at a firm bailed out by taxpayers. You’re pissed at sharpsters from […]
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner announced yesterday a 6% reduction in license fees that are paid by California insurance agents and brokers. Poizner is also reducing the special assessment paid by insurers that is targeted for fighting fraud. How’s that for pandering? California’s budget is billions of dollars in arrears. State employees may be furloughed. Poizner’s […]
The applicants attorneys conference in San Diego drew to a close today. In some coming posts I’ll be commenting on some of the nuggets from the CAAA confab. Hold that video? That’s the upshot of today’s interesting presentation by Los Angeles attorney Lawrence I. Stern of Mallery and Stern. Defendants in California workers’ comp frequently […]
When most people think of workers’ comp, they think of accidents at work. Occupational diseases due to workplace chemicals and other hazards get less attention. Under the recently departed Bush administration, there was little progress in addressing the hazards of workplace chemicals. I’m happy to see the New York Times piece by Felicity Barringer that’s […]
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