Workers’ Comp System Still Needs Help, Says Rand

SAN DIEGO - Each year, California's workers' compensation system processes well over 100,000 permanent partial disability (PPD) claims filed by injured employees. According to researchers at the Rand Institute for Civil Justice, annual paid benefits peaked in 1993 at $7 billion. Insured 1994 PPD claims based on first reports of injury accounted for $2.4 billion in claim costs (indemnity and medical costs), according to the Workers' Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau.Rand was commissioned by the