Q: I live in CA. I am not represented. What would be the appropriate DWC forms to address the following?
* FORMS TO FILE PROTECTIVE ORDERS
* SEAL MEDICAL RECORDS
* FORMS TO FILE OBJECTIONS
* FORMS TO FILE SANCTIONS
* INFORMATION ON SUSPENSION OF DEPOSITIONS
* FORMS TO MAKE A REQUEST FOR REIMBURSEMENT FOR MILAGE, EXPENSES, TTD OR PAST DUE WAGES & JOB DISPLACEMENT VOUCHER
Are there forms to address all of the above?
Or can I just file a mandatory settlement conference and address all of the following in my declaration of readiness to proceed?
The insurance carrier has not followed up with me for more than month, shortly after calling my treating doctor without a court ordered subpoena asking for the fax number, and then hung up on her when it was denied.
They have not responded more than 3-4 weeks since I made a complaint to the defendant party for requesting medical records with pre-printed authorization forms ( the wording suggested it was “mandatory”) to my clinical treating therapist.
My therapist informed me immediately since she had been hung up on.
A: Get a workers comp attorney for your case, or pay for a full consultation on how to address the issues you raise. This forum is not for detailed, free advice on how to litigate your case.
A: There are no set Forms for the actions you listed. Most are done by written petition, citing a regulation or labor code or code of civil procedure section upon which the judge may relay to grant the requested relief. And any petition must be verified, another pleading for which there is no WCAB set form. And there is no filing a 'mandatory settlement conference', that is not a standard form. It sounds like you need procedures that only an attorney can properly perform. You could get a list of the actual form from the Information & Assistance Officer at your WCAB office and see if the I&A officer agrees to assist you with getting the relief you seek.
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