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SPECIAL REPORT: WCAB En Banc Holds Oral Request at Trial Sufficient for Electronic Witness Testimony

Posted by:  Sure S. Log
Topics: Trials good cause trial remote electronic testimony CCR 10817 witness remote witness

Effective Jan. 1, 2022, the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) adopted regulations regarding electronic hearings. Remote hearings initially were used during the COVID-19 pandemic, but because such proceedings increased access to the workers' compensation system for parties, their representatives and the public, the WCAB believed that making the changes permanent would benefit the public and the administration of the workers' compensation adjudicatory system.

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DWC Announces In-Person Trials Starting March 21, 2022

Posted by:  Sure S. Log
Topics: COVID-19 Division of Workers' Compensation Workers' Compensation Appeals Board Hearings Workers Compensation Special Adjudication Unit Trials

On March 9, 2022, the Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) announced that in-person hearings will resume starting March 21, 2022, at almost all of the DWC district offices. The only exceptions are Eureka, which is now a completely virtual office, and satellite locations Bishop, Marysville, Chico and Ukiah, which also will remain virtual. The in-person hearings apply only to trials, lien trials, expedited hearings and special adjudication unit (SAU) trials. The DWC will continue to telephonically hear all mandatory settlement conferences, priority conferences, status conferences, SAU conferences and lien conferences via the individually assigned judges’ conference lines.

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