Category Archives: Apportionment

Apportionment, QME, WCAB, Workers' Compensation, Yrulegui & Roberts

WCAB OVERRULES WORK INJURY APPORTIONMENT MADE BY QME

Posted on by Joseph Yrulegui

On March 21, 2023, the Workers’ Compensation Board of Appeals (WCAB) overturned a work injury “apportionment” made by a Qualified Medical Evaluator (QME) in the case of Monter v. Randstad North America, Inc.. In doing so, the WCAB awarded additional workers’ compensation benefits to the claimant. The decision is instructive for employers and insurers. Here, […]

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Apportionment, Workers' Compensation

IS APPORTIONMENT DEAD?

Posted on by rjylaw

With the enaction of California Labor Code Sections 4663 and 4664 within SB 899 in 2004, the law regarding apportionment was radically changed.  The transition has not always been a smooth one and the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board has been issuing decisions ever since in an attempt to define what apportionment is and to clarify […]

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