As workers' compensation practice grows more challenging, helpful tools are more important than ever. Since 1980, California Workers' Compensation Law & Practice has been the "go to" resource when tough questions arise. California Workers' Compensation Law & Practice provides start-to-finish guidance on readying and trying your case. The text in this two-volume work is supported by advice from the bench, 63 forms, and more than 6,000 case discussions. You receive detailed explanations of procedures, practice-proven strategies for circumventing traps and maximizing opportunities, solutions to common problems, and governing law for:Determination of medical issues* Required notices* Formal medical evaluation procedures* Reports of medical evaluations* Recovery of medical-legal costs* Filing or serving reports* Medical records* Pre-trial discoveryTrial* Setting for trial* Expedited hearings* Mandatory settlement conference* Notices* Disqualification of WCJs* Arbitration process* NIT proceduresJudgments* Finding and award or order* Interest and cost* Lien claim procedures* Credit, restitution, commutation* Enforcement of awards