Suspicious about an applicant's veracity, but can't quite figure out why?

Trying to decide whether to assign a case to a private investigator?

Questioning whether your hunch can justify the costs of hiring your favorite gumshoe?

Consider saving lots of money by performing your own 15-minute background check...for free! Internet searches are quickly becoming an easy, effective, and inexpensive (not to mention…FUN!) way of researching an applicant's background and verifying their credibility.    (continued)

Just received a primary treating physician's (PTP) request for authorization to provide spinal surgery? Think the proposed surgical treatment isn't reasonable and necessary?¹ Don't stop to smell the roses...you're running out of time (literally!).

The WCAB's most recent (11/19/09) en banc decision, Cervantes v. El Aquila Food Products Inc, requires that you jump through so many hoops to deny the authorization request that even the WCAB Commissioners admit it "may seem redundant"!² And all this redundacy must be completed within ten (10) days! (continued)

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Citing the new partners' "outstanding service" and "aggressive, client-oriented approach," B&B noted that its newest partners bring nearly 1½ centuries of legal experience to bear. It is the quality of work, attention to detail, and dedication to our clients this group consistently demonstrates that has permitted B&B to distinguish itself as one of California's truly premier workers' compensation defense firms. (continued)

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B&B's Knowledge Management Department is leading the industry developing cutting-edge technological advances to benefit our clients and B&B's own staff, attorneys, and managers in ways that heretofore were unimaginable. (continued)

The Problem

This is not another long-winded treatise on how to get an apportionment determination approved by a WCJ. This article assumes that the apportionment is already approved or otherwise stipulated. Rather, this essay is aimed at ensuring that the DEU's misapplication of the 2005 Permanent Disability Rating Schedule (PDRS) and relevant apportionment labor codes¹ does not cost you money! (continued)