Firm News

In Schultz v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board, the California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, determined that the claimant was entitled to workers' compensation benefits for injuries he sustained while driving to work in his personal vehicle. Courts generally apply the "going-and-coming rule" to prohibit compensation to employees while driving their personal vehicles to and from an employer's premises except where exceptio... Read More

The odd thing about death in the workplace is the selective nature of the news coverage. When some California workers die in the line of duty, they may be hailed as heroes. When an electrician is killed or a roofer dies after a fall, they rarely receive a one-sentence statement in the paper or on the evening TV news. Yet their family mourns their death just as sincerely and they struggle to come to terms with the emotional and financial l... Read More