Legal Question in Workers Comp in California

Re: Can Work Comp Insurance Really Do This

It sounds like they are doing a further review on the position you are to return to to make sure that it complies with the physical restrictions imposed by your physician. There should have been a job description performed on the position you were performing at the time you were injured and the physician should have reviewed this and declared an opinion. As to the modified, this should also have been put into writing with a description and submitted to your physician for determination. This is not a legal opinion it is a medical one. The fact that your attorney put an ok on it is insufficient, you need the doctor's ok. If this occurred and the doctor did ok it then it is likely that the company themselves may have seen an issue of concern. Don't sweat this though, they have to offer a position that even if modified is at least of a year duration and if not then you would qualify for vocational rehabilitation. Good Luck