Workers’ Compensation
Ca. Workers' Comp. Quarterly 2019, Vol. 32, No. 3
Content
- Blood Is Thicker Than Water
- Dynamex Codified: What It Means for the Future of Workers' Compensation
- Handling Public Safety Cases in California
- The Interplay Between Medicare and Medicaid for Injured Workers
- The Special Adjudication Unit: a New Forum Within the Wcab for the Administration of Justice
- View from the Incoming Chair
- View from the Outgoing Chair
- Workers' Compensation Section 2018-2019 Executive Committee Roster
- Does Hikida Create a Change in the Law of Apportionment?
Does Hikida Create a Change in the Law of Apportionment?
Ray Stanek, Esq. Concord, California
The recent case of Hikida v. WCAB (2017) 12 Cal. App.5th 1249 presents an interesting question as to whether the decision has weakened the rules of apportionment in the California workers’ compensation system. This article lays out the history of apportionment law, in particular Labor Code section 4663, leading up to the Hikida decision and examines subsequent cases for signs of any emerging, and durable, trends from Hikida.