This is the property of the Daily Journal Corporation and fully protected by copyright. It is made available only to Daily Journal subscribers for personal or collaborative purposes and may not be distributed, reproduced, modified, stored or transferred without written permission. Please click "Reprint" to order presentation-ready copies to distribute to clients or use in commercial marketing materials or for permission to post on a website. and copyright (showing year of publication) at the bottom.
Subscribe to the Daily Journal for access to Daily Appellate Reports, Verdicts, Judicial Profiles and more...

Workers' Comp.

Aug. 18, 2006

Fewer Claims Prompt Workers' Comp Lawyers to Diversify

LOS ANGELES - Caseloads are down for applicant attorneys' across the state by almost a third because of 2004 reforms that overhauled the workers' compensation system, according to Fair Employment and Housing Commission Chairman George Woolverton.

By Anne Marie Ruff
Daily Journal Staff Writer


LOS ANGELES - Caseloads are down for applicant attorneys' across the state by almost a third because of 2004 reforms that overhauled the workers' compensation system, according to Fair Employment and Housing Commission Chairman George Woolverton.
      With extra time and a need to make up the revenue, many workers' compensation attorneys are filing claims for...

To continue reading, please subscribe.
For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
Receive unlimited article access and full access to our archives,
Daily Appellate Report, award winning columns, and our
Verdicts and Settlements.
Or
$795 for an entire year!

Or access this article for $45
(Purchase provides 7-day access to this article. Printing, posting or downloading is not allowed.)

Already a subscriber?

Enewsletter Sign-up