WorkCompAcademy News - February 12, 2024

Rene Thomas Folse, JD, Ph.D. is the host for this edition which reports on the following news stories: WCAB Declines to Extend Premises Line Rule for Injured Worker. Lien Claimant's Market Rate Analysis Inadequate to Justify Additional Fees. Jury Awards $1.675 Million in an EEOC ADA Discrimination Case. $1 Million Settlement for Warehouse Workers in Inland Empire. Employer Costs and Attorney Fees Awarded Only in Frivolous FEHA Cases. No Extraterritorial Application of California & Federal Whistleblower Law. $40 Million Statewide Medical Insurance Scammers Sentenced. Census Bureau Drops Controversial Disability Statistics Proposal. Report Shows Record Healthcare Sector Bankruptcies in 2023. UCSF Health To Buy Two Bay Area Struggling Hospitals.