Workers’ Compensation
Ca. Workers' Comp. Quarterly 2020, Vol. 33, No. 2
Content
- Alleged Covid-19 Work-Related Injury or Illness: a Guide to Determining When an Employer Must Provide a Claim Form
- Apportionment Now: Where We Are After Justice, Hikida, and Lindh
- California's Troubled Qme System: You Get What You Pay For
- Managing the Ptsd Presumption
- New Turn on the Apportionment Road: Applying Apportionment Law to the Conclusive Presumption of Labor Code Section 4662(a)
- Psychiatric Injury As a Compensable Consequence of an Industrial Injury—There Are Some Limits
- Workers' Compensation Section 2019-2020 Executive Committee Roster
- The Key to Mediation Success
The Key to Mediation Success
Theda (Teddy) Snyder, Esq.
Los Angeles, California
What is the key to mediation success? Like so many things in life, the answer is simple but not easy. It is preparation. Lawyers are busy. Often, tasks are left to the last minute. The lack of preparation hobbles your ability to negotiate the optimal result. The problem takes many forms, and I have seen quite a few. In this article I review several preparation mistakes the parties often make that impact whether their mediation is successful.