State Supreme Court to Hear Workers’ Compensation Case

By: Cal-OSHA Reporter - The leading occupational safety and health publication in California.

LOS ANGELES -- The California Supreme Court has agreed to hear a workers' compensation case regarding ongoing medical treatment.Department of Rehabilitation v. Workers Compensation Appeals Board, S100557, was submitted to the high court after the state Court of Appeal annulled a decision by the board. It concerns two issues:Whether a worker who has been awarded ongoing medical treatment for a work-related injury is entitled to receive temporary disability indemnity for the time he or she must take

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