Industry Insights
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Burns: AOE/COE and After-Hours Industrial Injuries | 04/27/2021 | |
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| By: Michael P. Burns | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| In today's COVID environment, many employers have provided a large degree of flexibility for their employees to work from home or, alternatively, return to the office on a part-time basis. ...Read More | |||
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Barthel: How Bad Does a Catastrophic Injury Really Need to Be? | 02/26/2021 | |
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| By: Donald R. Barthel | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Remember the "bad old days?” Do...Read More | |||
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Beach: Has the 4th DCA Killed the Petition for Contribution? | 11/05/2020 | |
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| By: Hayden M. Beach | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| California’s 4th District Court of Appeal recently issued a decision that appears to have taken a stab at killing the petition for contribution as we know it. ...Read More | |||
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Burns: An Overview of SJDB Vouchers and Recent Case Law | 10/26/2020 | |
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| By: Michael P. Burns | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Despite the elimination of vocational rehabilitation in 2005, California has continued a modified system allowing injured workers to pursue retraining in the form of a vocational voucher. ...Read More | |||
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Busenlener: State Penalizes Carriers for Asserting Statutory Right of Subrogation | 10/02/2020 | |
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| By: James T. Busenlener | |||
| State: AR | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| When it comes to the apparent evils of workers’ compensation subrogation, the State of Arkansas truly believes that all an injured employee ever wants is a fair advantage. ...Read More | |||
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Barthel: Are Temp Job Assignments to Religious Employers Unconstitutional? | 09/01/2020 | |
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| By: Donald R. Barthel | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| You've been there: The injured employee has temporary work restrictions that the employer cannot accommodate. What are your options? ...Read More | |||
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Barthel: The Trials and Tribulations of Subpoenas | 08/20/2020 | |
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| By: Donald R. Barthel | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Every adjuster has been there: You're sitting at your claims desk (or, in the era of coronavirus, on your couch wearing your bunny slippers) when you receive a subpoena for your file. ...Read More | |||
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Barthel and Kamin: Multiple Employers Over 14 Days (Who's Liable?) | 05/22/2020 | |
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| By: Donald R. Barthel and John P. Kamin | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Per Gov. Gavin Newsom's recent executive order, issued on May 6, employees who have a positive test result or diagnosis of COVID-19 within 14 days of performing work somewhere other than home at the direction of the employer may enjoy a broad rebuttable presumption that the infection is ...Read More | |||
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Bobik: Insurtechs Racing for the Workers' Comp Cup | 10/31/2019 | |
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| Source: John Bobik | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The thoroughbred horse Spring Racing Carnival is in full swing in the state of Victoria, Australia, culminating in the running of the Melbourne Cup, “the race that stops a nation.” ...Read More | |||
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Bradford & Barthel: Addressing Multiple Body Parts, Post-Kite | 09/19/2019 | |
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| By: Bradford & Barthel | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 1 | |||
| Following the 2013 decision in Kite v. Athens Administrators (2013) 78 CCC 213 (writ denied), applicant’s attorneys have attempted to take full advantage of this method of increasing total permanent disability ratings without increasing the level of actual impairment allocated to ...Read More | |||
