Legal Question in Workers Comp in California

Thought I answered this one earlier, but I'll take another shot: YES YOU CAN file the Declaration of Readiness to Proceed requesting the Mandatory Settlement conference (MSC) which then lets the judge order the parties to trial.

IF THERE IS ANY problem or shortcoming with your doctor's report, it's too late to fix it after the MSC.

I think the problem is that the attorney is not explaining to you why the matter fails to proceed to trial at the MSC.

When there is an MSC and the judge doesn't order the parties to trial, it's typically because the doctor left a BIG answer out of the report and the attorneys are supposed to get the doctor to include missing details/answers in a supplemental report before proceeding to trial.

IF YOUR ATTORNEY is failing to explain clearly so you can understand why the MSC didn't lead to a trial, the trouble is your attorney's inability to put an explanation in simple terms.

The WC JUdges do NOT permit 'stalling for time'. the WC Judges DO PERMIT getting a complete report from the doctor so the Judge can issue a Findings & Award based on the doctor's report and the report is solid enough so that the losing part cannot appeal or get the Award set aside for error or insufficient evidence.

INSIST on a face-to-face meeting with this attorney for an explanation as to why two MSCs have resulting in no trial and no settlement...if the attorney avoids you and won't meet or make the explanation clearer, SWITCH ATTORNEYS to one you can understand.

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