Workers Comp Zone

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.

March 12, 2008

THE EAMS NEWSLETTER

The California DWC continues on in its EAMS project for the Workers Compensation Appeals Board to go paperless. It’s a huge project, and recently there have been many rumors that the project had hit some bumps in the road, delaying its rollout. Now the DWC is sponsoring an EAMS newsletter to keep the comp “community” […]


March 11, 2008

EVIAN WATER, PLEASE

Maybe the Evian, Perrier and San Pellegrino drinkers among us are on to something? Maybe it’s not just snobbery, but rather a matter of self preservation. Blind tastings have shown that tap water often tastes as good as priceywaters from the Swiss and Italian Alps. But…. Consider the recent reports. An Associated Press investigation revealsantibiotics, […]


EVIAN WATER, PLEASE

Maybe the Evian, Perrier and San Pellegrino drinkers among us are on to something? Maybe it’s not just snobbery, but rather a matter of self preservation. Blind tastings have shown that tap water often tastes as good as priceywaters from the Swiss and Italian Alps. But…. Consider the recent reports. An Associated Press investigation revealsantibiotics, […]


March 6, 2008

DATELINE: THE DWC ANNUAL CONFERENCE (PART 1)

Dateline Oakland. Alas, it would be sexier if I could say this dateline was from Timbuktu, Tunis, or Tbilisi. But the 15th Annual Workers’ Compensation Conference sponsored by the California DWC wrapped up yesterday just a few blocks from my Boxer & Gerson offices. At least the DWC puts on a good conference. There were […]


DATELINE: THE DWC ANNUAL CONFERENCE (PART 1)

Dateline Oakland. Alas, it would be sexier if I could say this dateline was from Timbuktu, Tunis, or Tbilisi. But the 15th Annual Workers’ Compensation Conference sponsored by the California DWC wrapped up yesterday just a few blocks from my Boxer & Gerson offices. At least the DWC puts on a good conference. There were […]


March 4, 2008

THE STOCKTON RECORD: "A WORKERS' COMPENSATION NIGHTMARE"

Unless you’re a Central Valley resident, you probably didn’t catch the piece several days ago in the Stockton record, “A Workers’ Compensation Nightmare” by Record staff writer Joe Goldeen. Here’s a link to the piece:http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/ … /803020322 Stay tuned. I’m attending the statewide DWC conference in Oakland and will be doing a post on news […]


March 1, 2008

WATCH THE VIDEO

Alert for all the couch potatos out there. Time to pull yourself away from reruns of The Addams Family or The Sopranos or Beavis and Butthead. You can watch The Wire or 24 later. Don’t be tempted to start the Laurence Olivier festival-from Hamlet to Marathon Man-this weekend. Why? I’ve got some better video for […]