Workers’ Compensation
Ca. Workers' Comp. Quarterly 2020, Vol. 33, No. 3
Content
- Covid-19 Codified: Navigating the Sb 1159 Presumptions, and Beyond
- Evidentiary Presumptions and the Outlier Panel Decision in Fraire
- How Law Firms Can Increase Diversity among Equity Partners
- In This Issue
- Note from the Editorial Board: New Members Onboard
- Obtaining Coverage Information from Wcirb California
- To Merge or Not To Merge: That Is the Question
- Who Will We Idolize Now?
- Workers' Compensation Section 2020-2021 Executive Committee Roster
- Interplay Between a Workers'Compensation Case and a Personal Injury Case
Interplay Between a Workers’ Compensation Case and a Personal Injury Case
Alan B. Snitzer, Esq.
Pasadena, California
Many workers’ compensation cases in California arise from situations that also involve potential personal injury cases in the civil arena. This article looks at both third- and first-party cases, how to spot— and avoid legal malpractice claims for missing—a potential personal injury case that arises from an industrial injury, and how the issues of subrogation and credit affect the rights and duties of the respective parties to the workers’ compensation case.
First, though, it is worthwhile to examine the basics.