Shannon Blair

A defendant’s prior authorization of medical treatment does not bar it from submitting subsequent requests for the same treatment to utilization review (UR), according to a new published decision from the Second District...more On March 4, Governor Gavin Newsom proclaimed a State of Emergency exists for California due to the threat of COVID-19. On March 13, President Trump announced a national emergency in response to the coronavirus outbreak. Since...more Haight Brown & Bonesteel LLP continues to monitor legislative changes made to or considered for the California workers’ compensation system due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On March 13, President Trump announced a national...more According to a recent University of California Irvine study, scientists predict that with increasing temperatures and shifting precipitation patterns associated with client change, the incidence of human coccidioidomycosis...more