Most claims professionals are aware that LC §4658.7(g) forbids settlement of a Supplemental Job Displacement Benefit (SJDB) voucher for an admitted industrial injury occurring on or after 1/1/2013. There is however, one exception. Namely, when an affirmative defense is raised, where if litigated the employee may “take nothing,” including the voucher. The purpose of today’s …
Voucher Eligibility: A Sixty-Second Seminar in Workers’ Compensation Claims HandlingRead More