ymcgavin@socal.rr.com
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Thursday December 11, 2008 8:15 AM
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Hi Will,
Hmmm. In a perfect world, one would think that you could drop off your EAMS compliant lien at any district office of the WCAB using the correct ADJ number, and that regardless of which board scanned it into the EAMS system, it would be attached to that particular case by the ADJ number. Your newly filed lien would become a part of the electronic case file viewable by whichever WCJ eventually hears the case at whatever venue.
Along that line of thought, in practice, one could file a lien at say LAO, even though the case-in-chief is venued in OAK.
In this perfect world, once the lien with itemization and POS is scanned, it is shredded and is now viewable only through EAMS --- negating the need for the WCAB to have a paper copy after the lien was scanned.
Then, in this perfect world, once the IW, AA, or DA, files a DOR, the lien claimant should receive either paper or electronic notification of the date, time, and place of the upcoming hearing --- along with the name of the WCJ.
Of course, we do not live in a perfect world --- so I will not hold my breath on this perfect outcome.
On a related note, over the summer I had my staff mailing out DORs willy-nilly, so that we can bring our CA comp business to a close quickly by block setting. Then, in October, we started using those published EAMS forms. As can be expected, November brought about a change in forms, and as of Wednesday, 12/17/08, the WCAB will only be accepting the November version of DORs, cover sheets, and separator pages.
Well, as of Wednesday 12/17/08, I will need to have my staff create brand new DORs, cover sheets, and separator pages from the November updated forms, to bring to calendar for block setting. The same goes for our liens to be filed with the WCAB on or after Wednesday 12/17/08.
York McGavin
ymcgavin@socal.rr.com 
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