May 18, 2021

BPK Obtains Trial Level Victory for Seattle Seahawks in Case Filed in CA by a Former Seahawk Quarterback

Bober, Peterson & Koby, LLP obtained victory for the Seahawks in a case involving a former Quarterback. Glenn Foley was a former Quarterback for the Seahawks who filed a claim alleging that Seattle should be subject to jurisdiction and liability in California for his work…

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May 01, 2021

BPK Obtains Victory for San Diego Padres on Jurisdictional Dispute

Bober Peterson & Koby, LLP obtained victory at trial before the California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board on behalf of the San Diego Padres in a dispute as to whether a player who had no ties to California other than having a surgery in the state…

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Apr 27, 2021

The New QME Fee Schedule: Time for Us to All Get on the Same Page

The DWC just announced approval of the Medical-Legal Fee Schedule (MLFS) which went into effect as of April 1, 2021. Pursuant to Title 8 California Code of Regulations, section 9795, for all Medical-Legal appointments scheduled on or after that date, the MLFS requires that a…

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Feb 23, 2020

BPK Kicks off 2020 with Three Take Nothings

Bober, Peterson & Koby, LLP begins the 2020 year picking up where they left off in 2019. The firm has received three Take Nothing Orders in 2020 to follow their four take nothing’s in 2019 (Clayton Bellinger v. SF Giants; Evan Moore v. Cleveland Browns;…

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Jan 02, 2020

BPK Kicks Off the New Decade by Adding a Partner and Opening a New Downtown Los Angeles Office

The firm is proud to announce that Rick Erickson is now an equity partner with the firm. Rick has worked with Tim Peterson for much of the past 13 years and joined the firm as a Senior Associate in March 2018. Rick has the leadership…

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Mar 13, 2019

Firm News – First Quarter 2019

2019 is off to an exciting start! The firm added another attorney at the end of 2018 when Steven Stewart joined our firm. Steven comes to us with 6.5 years of experience including first chair trial attorney experience in multiple workers’ compensation cases. In addition,…

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Mar 13, 2019

Trial Level Decision, William Ohman V. Washington Nationals

CASE DECISION – WILLIAM OHMAN v. WASHINGTON NATIONALS Applicant claimed to have sustained multiple injuries to multiple body parts as a result of a cumulative trauma from June 21, 1988 through March 5, 2013 while he was employed as a professional baseball player. Defendant argued…

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Mar 13, 2019

Trial Level Decision, Nathan Ruhl v. Los Angeles Dodgers

TRIAL DECISION – NATHAN RUHL v. LOS ANGELES DODGERS Applicant claimed to have sustained multiple injuries to multiple body parts as a result of a cumulative trauma from 1996 through 2005 while he was employed as a professional baseball player. Defendant argued that his claim…

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Jan 28, 2018

Parker Vs. Indy Fuel Hockey & Great Divide

JONATHAN PARKER – PERSONAL JURISDICTION IN CA WORKERS’ COMPENSATION In most cases, when a lack of jurisdiction is asserted in a CA workers’ compensation claim, it’s because we are asserting that there is no subject matter jurisdiction over the claim. The CA Labor Code prescribes…

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