Frank P. Diaz, CDMS, has been a qualified Vocational Expert for over thirty years. Mr. Diaz has the distinction of helping to shape the future of California Worker’s Compensation law through his pivotal contributions as an expert in the field of vocational rehabilitation. Having testified for more than three decades as a Vocational Expert, Mr. Diaz’ vocational opinions have featured in some consequential case decisions.
In the 2020, State of California WCAB Decision in the case of Thomas Hasson v. Ann Taylor, Travelers Insurance (ADJ8393129), Mr. Diaz brought forward the utilization of objective medical findings of pain as a factor in the determination of amenability to vocational rehabilitation. Mr. Diaz’ vocational opinion with respect to utilizing pain as a factor in the determination of amenability to vocational rehabilitation was upheld by a panel of three (3) Judges on Reconsideration.
In 2021, State of California First Appellate District, Division One in its decision in the case of Michael Thomas v. Peter Kiewit Son’s, Inc., Sedgwick Claims Management Services (A162581), upheld Mr. Diaz’ utilization of pain as a factor in the determination of amenability to vocational rehabilitation.
Additionally in the 2021 decision in Kiewit, Mr. Diaz brought forward the utilization of vocational synergy as a factor in the determination of amenability to vocational rehabilitation. The State of California First Appellate District, Division One, upheld the use of vocational synergy.
Most recently, Mr. Diaz was the Vocational Expert on two of the four Worker’s Compensation cases illustrating the importance of vocational expert testimony that featured in the June 26, 2023, WCAB Board, en banc decision in Grace Nunes v. State of California, Dept. of Motor Vehicles; (ADJ8210063, ADJ8621818).
In discussing the importance of vocational expert testimony, the WCAB Board singled out the decision in Kiewit and the decision in Bagobri v. AC Transit (October 8, 2019, ADJ2559682). As the Board indicated in the Nunes decision, both cases, Kiewit and Bagobri, highlighted the usefulness and value of vocational expert evidence, and specific to the Kiewit and Bagobri cases, the vocational expert evidence that Mr. Diaz provides.
Throughout the more than thirty years that Mr. Diaz has been working as a Vocational Expert, Mr. Diaz has distinguished himself through his groundbreaking insights into the analysis of amenability to vocational rehabilitation. Given the featuring of his work in the en banc Nunes decision, it may be assured that Mr. Diaz will continue to help to shape the future of California Worker’s Compensation law through his pivotal contributions as an expert in the field of vocational rehabilitation for many years to come.
In the 2020, State of California WCAB Decision in the case of Thomas Hasson v. Ann Taylor, Travelers Insurance (ADJ8393129), Mr. Diaz brought forward the utilization of objective medical findings of pain as a factor in the determination of amenability to vocational rehabilitation. Mr. Diaz’ vocational opinion with respect to utilizing pain as a factor in the determination of amenability to vocational rehabilitation was upheld by a panel of three (3) Judges on Reconsideration.
In 2021, State of California First Appellate District, Division One in its decision in the case of Michael Thomas v. Peter Kiewit Son’s, Inc., Sedgwick Claims Management Services (A162581), upheld Mr. Diaz’ utilization of pain as a factor in the determination of amenability to vocational rehabilitation.
Additionally in the 2021 decision in Kiewit, Mr. Diaz brought forward the utilization of vocational synergy as a factor in the determination of amenability to vocational rehabilitation. The State of California First Appellate District, Division One, upheld the use of vocational synergy.
Most recently, Mr. Diaz was the Vocational Expert on two of the four Worker’s Compensation cases illustrating the importance of vocational expert testimony that featured in the June 26, 2023, WCAB Board, en banc decision in Grace Nunes v. State of California, Dept. of Motor Vehicles; (ADJ8210063, ADJ8621818).
In discussing the importance of vocational expert testimony, the WCAB Board singled out the decision in Kiewit and the decision in Bagobri v. AC Transit (October 8, 2019, ADJ2559682). As the Board indicated in the Nunes decision, both cases, Kiewit and Bagobri, highlighted the usefulness and value of vocational expert evidence, and specific to the Kiewit and Bagobri cases, the vocational expert evidence that Mr. Diaz provides.
Throughout the more than thirty years that Mr. Diaz has been working as a Vocational Expert, Mr. Diaz has distinguished himself through his groundbreaking insights into the analysis of amenability to vocational rehabilitation. Given the featuring of his work in the en banc Nunes decision, it may be assured that Mr. Diaz will continue to help to shape the future of California Worker’s Compensation law through his pivotal contributions as an expert in the field of vocational rehabilitation for many years to come.