WorkCompAcademy News - June 21, 2010

Rene Thomas Folse, JD, Ph.D.is the host for this edition which reports on the following news stories. Court of Appeal Vacates Their Prior Opinion and Grants Re-Hearing On Ex Parte QME Contact. Safeway Ex-Employee Declared to be a Vexatious Litigant by Court of Appeal. Court of Appeal Rules Workers' Comp Furloughs are Illegal. Final Defendant in AIG/Matrix Case Pleads Guilty to $1.5 Million Workers' Comp Insurance Fraud. Jury Convicts Centinela State Prison Librarian for Workers' Compensation Fraud. Smurfit-Stone Settles Workers' Comp Case for $100,000. Work Comp Judges Devine and DeWeese Discuss the L.A, Lien Unit at AHRC Luncheon. DWC Encourages External Users to Become E-Form Filers. CWCI Study Confirms Reduction in TD After S.B. 899. Maywood to Disband Police Department After Loss of Coverage.