Nicholas Roxborough Newly Appointed Commissioner of the CHSWC

Roxborough, Pomerance, Nye & Adreani is thrilled to announce the appointment, by Speaker of the Assembly, Anthony Rendon, of its partner, Nicholas Roxborough, to the California Commission on Health and Safety and Workers’ Compensation (CHSWC). The Commission is a statutorily created joint labor-management body charged with examining the health and safety and workers’ compensation systems in…

As Featured in Forum Magazine: Exposing expert bias to defeat the genuine dispute doctrine

Drew Pomerance, Senior Partner at Roxborough Pomerance Nye & Adreani, LLP  lends his years of insurance litigation experience to an article he authored which appears in this month’s edition of FORUM Magazine, published by the Consumer Attorneys of California. The article discusses the all too familiar situation where insurance carriers deny legitimate claims by relying…

Applied Underwriters’ California Ins Company More Controversial Acts

Amidst charges of unapproved and uncollateralized loans to affiliates, unapproved property transfers, the California Department of Insurance’s Conservation and Liquidation Office says it is drafting a unilateral “rehabilitation” plan for California Insurance Company (CIC). The plan will transfer its policies to another carrier and resolve the numerous filed lawsuits pending between Applied Underwriters / CIC…

Nick Roxborough Discusses Newsom’s Workers’ Comp COVID-19 EO in WorkCompCentral

As California begins its phase-by-phase reopening process Friday, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s executive order creating a rebuttable COVID-19 presumption has cast a shadow of uncertainty for insurance carriers and employers. Governor Newsom’s long-awaited executive order creates a rebuttable presumption stating that all employees who contract COVID-19 at their place of work while at the direction of…