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Ogilvie Calculations Made Dead Simple
Ogilvie for Dummies UPDATE: DOWNLOAD THE MATHEMATICAL PROOF AS A PDF! Get ready to stop paying people to do Ogilvie calculations, recycle your Gearheart/Gerlach handouts, and delete your Frost Excel...
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Ogilvie: the finger pointing begins
I think we can dispense with the caption, just this once... A defense attorney friend of mine called me up yesterday to say (I’m paraphrasing here), “You jackass. Thanks to your Ogilvie proof every...
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Ogilvie: You’re working too hard
Even this guy can do the Ogilvie adjustment calculation in his head If you’re using my Ogilvie calculator for situations involving a 100% earnings loss, you’re working too hard. [1] If you have 100%...
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Happy Belated Birthday!
Happy Birthday PDRater! I’ve been so busy lately I completely forgot to mention PDRater’s second birthday![1] This site was launched on July 23, 2007. For both of you who were using it back then, you...
View ArticleResponse to WCAB decisions regarding Ogilvie, Almarez/Guzman
[Guest articles are the sole responsibility of their respective authors.] Written by Emily Tincher Ogilvie is Affirmed, Almaraz/Guzman is not: 9/3/09 In cases where the applicant attorney submits a...
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Ogilvie II, Almaraz/Guzman II – More En Banc Opinions!
The Board is back! Need a FREE sample Ogilvie analysis brief complete with citations? The Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board is back with their en banc decisions on Ogilvie and Almaraz/Guzman after...
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Ogilvie II, Almaraz/Guzman II – Reader Digest Versions
Ogilvie and Almaraz/Guzman - let's cut to the chase First off, if you haven’t already downloaded Ogilvie II and Almaraz/Guzman II, do so now! As I mentioned previously, each of these cases is about 50...
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Is Ogilvie II worse for Defendants than Ogilvie I?
Don't cry - you had a good run You may not want to hear this, but Ogilvie II is probably worse for Defendants than Ogilvie I. [1] Check out page 32: if within five years of the date of injury it...
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The Role of Rehab Experts after Ogilvie II
Oh, if only rehab was this easy… Vocational experts seem to have gotten pretty well trampled by the recent Ogilvie I and Almaraz/Guzman I en banc decisions. The Ogilvie II and Almaraz/Guzman II en...
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Ogilvie Calculations Made Simple, II
Back to the drawing board DOWNLOAD THE MATHEMATICAL PROOF AS A PDF! A little while ago William S. Morris, an Applicant’s attorney, told me that the Ogilvie adjustment calculation could be further...
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Ogilvie: Building the Case Part I
Q: How do you build the case for a DFEC rebuttal? A: One step at a time. There’s a lot of conflicting information about what Judge’s are requiring to making a finding of a DFEC rebuttal under Ogilvie...
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Christmas is coming early…
An early Christmas for PDRater users! I plan to launch a brand new calculator service tomorrow.[1] I think you’re really really going to like it. Want a hint? It’s going to help you with a case that...
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Do-It-Yourself Ogilvie DFEC Analysis
If you can use duct tape, you can perform an Ogilvie DFEC analysis in 5 minutes An Ogilvie / DFEC analysis isn’t really difficult, especially when this website has a free Ogilvie / DFEC calculator.[1]...
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Has Ogilvie been stayed???
Just a red herring In a word, no. Ogilvie has not been stayed by the WCAB, Court of Appeals, or any other court at this time. [1] A defense attorney is circulating a letter suggesting that he got the...
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Panel Decision: Bowden v. Sunray Termite
This sign is ALSO not a stay on Ogilvie I’m still getting e-mails suggesting that Bowden v. Sunray Termite is a WCAB Panel decision staying Ogilvie. [1] Thanks to some loyal readers, I now have a copy...
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It’s final: Ogilvie is not stayed
WCAB gives Ogilvie the green light Apparently the defense attorney on Bowden v Sunray Termite wrote ex parte to the WCAB requesting the case be declared a significant panel decision. [1] Commissioner...
View ArticleCalculating Ogilvie
This afternoon I am presenting at the Workers’ Compensation Section Spring Conference 2010 with a presentation entitled, “Calculating Ogilvie.” Due to cases relevant to Ogilvie coming out as recently...
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Annual Meeting of The State Bar of California – Monterey
What has two thumbs and loves to hear itself talk? THIS GUY!!! There was a great turn out this morning to the “How to Obtain an Accurate PD Rating with the AMA Guides” put on by the Workers’...
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Reversed! Ogilvie v. City and County of San Francisco
It's been a wild ride Just over a month after oral argument the Court of Appeal has issued their ruling, reversing the en banc decisions of the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board, annulled the award...
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Guest Article from Vocational Expert Emily Tincher
Always room for guest articles at PDRater! Emily Tincher has recently provided a vocational expert’s perspective on the Ogilvie and Almaraz/Guzman decisions. Have you got an article on workers’...
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