Workers' Compensation Defense Attorney
Certified Specialist Workers Compensation Law
California State Bar Board of Legal Specialization
Managing Partner of Purinton, Jimenez, Labo & Wu, LLP
Yesterday the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument on a 10 year old sexual discrimination law suit brought against Wal-Mart. ((Photo courtesy of colodio)) I was listening to a summary of the oral argument yesterday when I heard this:
I was driving at the time just about lost it. Replacing witnesses and evidence with statistical models? Oh, Judge Scalia, you’ve clearly never practiced in Workers’ Compensation…
What has two thumbs and loves to hear itself talk? THIS GUY!!!
There was a great turn out this morning to the “How to Obtain an Accurate PD Rating with the AMA Guides” put on by the Workers’ Compensation Section of the State Bar. We covered a lot of ground in just two hours, from the DEU perspective presented by Annalisa Faina and Barry Knight entitled “Anatomy of Rating”, to Mark Gearheart’s “Substantial Medical Evidence to Support a Permanent Disability Rating,” and my own presentation on “Litigating Ogilvie.” There was a lively discussion on the state of Almaraz/Guzman, Blackledge, and Ogilvie. ((Lively as in “barely civil”)) ((I’m kidding!))
Thanks to everyone who e-mailed me asking for the cases cited during our presentations. I’ll be uploading them shortly.
Tonight is the “2010 Steve Jimenez Special Recognition Awards” honoring:
Lifetime Achievement: The Honorable Pamela Foust (Ret.)
Judge of the Year: The Honorable Jorja FrankHon. Jorja Frank
Applicant Attorney of the Year: Marc Marcus
Defense Attorney of the Year: Michael Marks
If you’re attending tonight, please stop me and say hello! (I’ve got a name tag and everything)
Three doctors is probably just plain excessive. And more than a little creepy.
My prior record for doctor depositions was three in one month. This was not at all intentional. It was probably a number of factors. I tend to take more doctor depositions than most. ((Photo courtesy of Little Miss no Name. Photo editing – all me!)) Almaraz/Guzman issues are usually best addressed during a deposition. And, lastly it just happened to be an extra busy month.
This week I attended three doctor depositions (two set by myself, one set by a co-defendant). I’d say that pretty well trumps three in a month. :)
A special shout-out goes to Doctors Z, J, and C. Thanks for putting up with me guys. Also, special thanks to Mr. W, my co-Defendant without whom this wouldn’t have been possible.
Where does this leave us? Well, under “Almaraz/Guzman II” we need to get a “strict AMA” and either side can obtain an “Almaraz/Guzman II” opinion from the doctors based upon rebuttal evidence, with the Judge being the final arbiter.
