Workers' Comp.
Oct. 11, 2011
A proposal for reform: Assessing real blame for workers’ compensation claim abuses
Employees with disabling injuries are being prematurely "retired" through the workers' compensation system. By William M. Crosby of Barnes, Crosby, FitzGerald & Zeman LLP
Pro-business groups have long pilloried California's workers' compensation system for its excessive costs and alleged abuses by employees. According to most critics, its original salutary purpose - to create a non-fault based system that would assure employees of receiving reasonable compensation for work-related injuries without the expense, uncertainty and inconvenience of litigating such claims - has been undermined by frequent que...
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