Industry Insights
| ACOEM, Chronic Pain and Functional Restoration - 1 | 12/03/2005 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| During the last year there have been significant changes in medical treatment for California injured workers as a result of SB 899 which became law in January 2005. SB 899 has a strong focus on medical treatment perspectives. The focus is on differentiated services and providers need to be technolog...Read More | |||
| ACOEM, Standard of Care and Malpractice | 11/20/2005 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| The following is a dialogue that recently occurred in the WorkCompCentral Professional's Forum, UR, MPN & ACOEM TOPICS. It has been reproduced here, with minor editing for readability and grammar, due to the timeliness of the debate, and the issues raised.POST: This topic is one that ...Read More | |||
| A Heart Presumption Not Rebutted | 11/20/2005 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| The Court of Appeal has reversed a WCAB determination that a correctional officer's death from a bronchial infection which had spread to the heart was not work related. The Court specifically determined that the WCAB erred as a matter of law in finding the employer had sufficiently rebutted the pres...Read More | |||
| An FEHA Example Makes Rehab Look Cheap | 11/05/2005 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Alan LenoI have noted in the past that employers need to engage in the interactive process and evaluate options for reasonable accommodations when an employee with a disability is ready and willing to return to work, including cases where there may be no ratable disability. Employers who...Read More | |||
| A Clarification of Lauher and Discrimination | 10/22/2005 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| by Jake JacobsmeyerThe Second District Court of Appeals has issued a decision reversing a determination of the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board finding an employer guilty of violating Labor Code section 132a where the employer removed an employee from a work position that he had been perf...Read More | |||
| All You Need to Know About Apportionment | 08/13/2005 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| The Three Great Hits: Kleeman, Escobedo, and Nabors "The Employer Pays for What It Directly Causes" By Phil Walker, Esq. Principal,Brigham Walker On April 19, 2004, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed into law California's new workers' compensation law, known as "S.B. ...Read More | |||
| A Summary of Illinois' New Reforms | 07/29/2005 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| The following memorandum was released by the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission and is their overview and summary of the recently signed reform bill, HB 2137: On July 20, 2005, Governor Rod R. Blagojevich signed HB 2137 (Public Act 94-0277), amending the Workers' Compensation A...Read More | |||
| Arbitration, No Fault & Work Comp | 07/29/2005 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| National Union Fire Insurance Co. v. Farmers New Century Ins. Co., 8 Misc.3d 1004(A), 2005 WL 1429883 (Supreme Court, New York County 2005) (YATES, j) On October 26, 2001, Wayne Wells, an employee of the URS Corporation, was involved in an automobile accident on his way home...Read More | |||
| Application of CT versus MRI: A Basic Approach | 07/29/2005 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| The two primary cross-sectional anatomic imaging techniques used in radiology to evaluate injuries are CT and MRI. The mechanisms to show contrast are different for these two modalities, and therefore, they can demonstrate different and complimentary data. As such, each can be ideally suited for eva...Read More | |||
| Alien's Lost Wages Limited to Earnings in Native Land | 07/17/2005 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| ILLEGAL ALIEN'S LOST WAGES ARE LIMITED TO WHAT HE COULD HAVE EARNED IN HIS NATIVE COUNTRY Sanango v. 200 East 16 Street Housing Corporation, 15 A.D.3d 36, 788 N.Y.S.2d 314 (1st Dept 2004) Plaintiff, an "undocumented alien," brought this personal injury action again...Read More | |||
