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THE COURT OF APPEAL ISSUED A PUBLISHED DECISION ON THE ISSUE OF EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS WITH A PANEL QME

This is a published Court of Appeal case.

This is a very significant case for workers' compensation principles.

The applicant filed a claim for workers’ compensation death benefits.The case proceeded to a Panel qualified medical evaluator (QME) to determine causation pursuant to section 4062.2.

The QME wrote a report. A deposition was taken of the QME. The QME testified that he had relied on records in his report, but could not identify the source of the information. Read more