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Published December 11, 2018
Appellate Court Confirms Change in Apportionment Law
The First Appellate District Court of Appeals has reversed the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB)’s decision on a high profile apportionment case, finding the WCAB was not applying the correct standard for apportionment under Labor Code Section 4663 to nonindustrial factors of impairment.
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Published November 15, 2018
Please Donate to SRTK Northern California Fire Relief
Many of our team members were severely impacted by the recent fires in Northern California. The firm has already donated to their relief, and we want to ask our community to also help in this difficult time. All donations will help our assistants and administrative staff displaced by the fires.
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Published October 16, 2018
Joanne Thomas Named to Top Attorneys of North America 2018-2019 by Who’s Who
Shareholder Joanne Thomas has been selected for inclusion in The Who’s Who Directories’ Top Attorneys of North America 2018-2019.
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Published September 24, 2018
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Published September 24, 2018
SRTK Supports Event Sponsoring Children in LA County Foster Care System
Congratulations to Team SRTK for joining others in the LA legal community yesterday morning and representing the firm in the Greater Los Angeles Association of Legal Administrators’ (GLA ALA) 11th Annual Justice Jog/Walk 5k & 10k in Century City!
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Published July 17, 2018
SRTK Helps Raise $500,000 for LA Regional Food Bank
SRTK placed Bronze in the LA Regional Food Bank’s Annual Food From the Bar Food Drive, which raised $500,000 to benefit children in Los Angeles this summer.
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Published June 27, 2018
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Published June 18, 2018
Preventing Employee Abuse of Temporary Disability Provisions
The provision of temporary disability (TD) is intended to be mutually beneficial to the employer and to the employee. The employee is entitled to funds during the period of medical rehabilitation following an industrial injury, and the employer can reasonably expect this individual — in whom a substantial amount of training and experience were invested … Continued
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Published June 12, 2018
Timothy Kinsey Writes WorkCompCentral Article on Detecting Fraud
Shareholder, CFO and Treasurer Timothy Kinsey has published an article in WorkCompCentral’s Work Comp World blog discussing red flags that can signal fraud in the workers’ compensation system.
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Published June 6, 2018
Taking the 5th In Workers’ Compensation Proceedings
The recent media headlines contain a daily recitation of the politicians, or their underlings, who have faced criminal charges and subsequently threatened to “take the Fifth.” The Fifth Amendment of the United States Constitution provides that “no person shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself.” That right is reflected … Continued
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Published April 21, 2018
Jesse Peck of Orange County Earns a Take Nothing
Jesse Peck, of our Orange County office, recently earned a take nothing in a case involving two separate cumulative trauma claims.
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Published March 28, 2018