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California Supreme Court Upholds Core of Proposition 22

The Workcomp Writer

This constitutional provision gives the Legislature “plenary power, unlimited by any provision of this Constitution” to create a workerscompensation system. The Court relied heavily on its 2006 decision in Independent Energy Producers Association v. McPherson , (2006) 38 Cal.4th 4th 1020, 136 P.3d 3d 178, 44 Cal.

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Awards and Memories

Florida Workers' Comp

In 2018 Forum Recap and Professionalism (April 2018) ; 2015 Frierson-Colling Professionalism Award (2015), I had the chance to discuss professionalism and The Florida Bar Workers' Compensation Section's efforts to recognize it in their members. Myers who was a legend in Florida workers' compensation before my time.

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Dual Employment Status Bars Double Recovery

Workers' Compensation

The “exclusivity doctrine,” permitting a complete recovery of damages against an employer, limits an injured worker’s benefit recovery to the compensation system, barring an intentional tort. A worker was hired by a general staffing agency, New York Mutual, Inc. Workers' Compensation Law § 7.7 (3d