Nova Casualty Company

What they litigate

Disputed issues across the decisions this insurance carrier is named in. Every row opens the decisions it counts.

• Psyche AOE/COE1
• Penalties under Labor Code §58141
• Sanctions under Labor Code §58131
• Serious and willful misconduct1

Where they appear

• Pomona 2
• Long Beach 1
• Los Angeles 1
• Sacramento 1
• San Francisco 1

How the appealed decisions came out

These are decisions that were appealed and published — the tail of a system that mostly settles. Most claims end in a compromise and release or a stipulation and never reach a panel, so nothing below describes how this insurance carrier does its work. It describes how a set of appealed disputes came out.

• 4 for the defense
• 1 for the applicant
• 1 returned for more record

Counted over 6 appealed decisions. Not this insurance carrier’s book of work.

Decisions

Newest decisions this insurance carrier is named in, each with the passage the panel turned on and a link to the official PDF.

• ADJ11525434 · 2023-01-12 · Los Angeles District OfficePsyche AOE/COEdefendant prevailed

  Determinative passage · p.6In the instant case, the applicant was first put on compensable TD on February 23, 2018 when her personal physician, Dr. Nerenberg took her off work for work related stress. (Applicant's Exhibit 7). Dr. Nerenberg completed an EDD form certifying her for disability benefits and took her off work due to "extremely anxious, depressed affect, panic attacks, insomnia, fatigue, concentration and memory impairments, failure to enjoy life, extremely worried" and he indicated this disabling condition is caused and/or aggravated by work. (Applicant's Exhibit 7, pages 48-50, 59). Based on the medical evidence submitted, this was the first indication we have that she suffered disability and knew that her disability was caused by her work. In other words, the concurrence of disability and knowledge that her symptoms were work related occurred on February 23, 2018. Thus, the date of injury as defined by § 5412 is February 23, 2018.

  The date of injury was found to be February 23, 2018, the first date of compensable temporary disability and knowledge of work-related disability, with the cumulative trauma period defined as February 23, 2017 to February 23, 2018 per Labor Code Section 5500.5.

  Official decision · page 6 →
• ADJ12135074 · 2021-07-27 · Pomona District OfficePenalties under Labor Code §5814remanded

  Determinative passage · p.4conclusion that defendant's payment of ten percent of the Award constitutes a self-imposed penalty

  The WCJ's finding that defendant's payment of a 10% penalty constituted a self-imposed penalty under section 5814(b) was unsupported by evidence, as defendant did not discover the late payment before applicant's demand or pay the penalty within 90 days of discovery. The Appeals Board rescinded the Findings and Order and remanded for further proceedings to develop the record on penalties, attorney's fees and interest.

  Official decision · page 4 →
• ADJ12548721 · 2025-05-23 · Long Beach District OfficeOther disputed issuedefendant prevailed

  Determinative passage · p.5However, the WCJ found that applicant's counsel violated section 4062.3(b) by serving the cover letter communications on the QMEs without serving defendants his cover letter 20 days in advance. "Section 4062.3 contains different procedural requirements depending on the nature of the documents or materials to be provided to the QME." (Suon v. California Dairies (2018) 83 Cal.Comp.Cases 1803, 1810 (Appeals Board en banc).) Due to the differing treatment of information versus communication in the statute, the Appeals Board in Maxham delineated between the two as subsequently explained in Suon:

  The WCJ found a violation of section 4062.3(b) but exercised discretion to deny removal, finding no substantial prejudice or irreparable harm and that reconsideration would be an adequate remedy.

  Official decision · page 5 →

Also recorded as

The same insurance carrier is printed several ways across the decisions, and all of them were counted as one. This is every spelling behind the figures above.

• NOVA CASUALTY COMPANY
• Nova Casualty Company
• NOVA CASUALTY INS. CO.
• NOVA CASUALTY

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