Industry Insights
| Christine Baker Addresses the Employers | 07/26/2011 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| By Julius YoungBoxer & GersonAs yesterday's post noted, Workerscompzone is at Disneyland, site of the premier employer-side conference on California workers' comp.Many readers may be interested in the keynote address given by Christine Baker, director of the...Read More | |||
| Conference: Portable Devices are Increasing WC Costs | 06/23/2011 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Zachary SacksSacks & ZolonzLast month, employers and risk managers from across North America gathered in Vancouver, British Columbia for the annual Risk and Insurance Management Society meeting. Interestingly, one of the most discussed topics at the conference had to do with...Read More | |||
| Can a JCC Dismiss a PFB if Claimant Fails to Pay Order to Tax Costs? | 05/03/2011 | ||
| By: Michael Rabinowitz | |||
| State: FL | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Michael RabinowitzBanker Lopez GasslerIf you read this blog regularly, you know my mission to determine whether an employer/carrier's right to tax costs against Claimant is “toothless.” There have been cases where the 1st District Court of Appeals affirmed the ri...Read More | |||
| Can we Get a Mulligan on this One? | 04/29/2011 | ||
| By: Eugene Keefe | |||
| State: IL | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Eugene KeefeKeefe, Campbell & Associates As Larry the Cable Guy says, you can't write this stuff the name of the ruling is Mulligan v. Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission. If you don't know what a "Mulligan" is; in golf parlance, it is a "do-over" wit...Read More | |||
| Cancer-Stricken Cop Fighting Manhattan Beach | 04/01/2011 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Zachary H. SacksSacks & ZolonzA previous workers' compensation defense post discussed how the city of Manhattan Beach, California, was involved in a controversial dispute with a city police officer over work comp payments. Specifically, the dispute concerned whether the ...Read More | |||
| Can Correcting Government WC Mismanagement Be a Litmus Test? | 03/17/2011 | ||
| By: Eugene Keefe | |||
| State: IL | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Eugene KeefeKeefe Campbell & AssociatesWe heard a fascinating speech by Chicago Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel in which he posited the theory that government workers should be more efficient or at least as efficient as private workers providing the same services to taxpayers at co...Read More | |||
| CHSWC Focuses on Steamlining Benefit Notices | 02/23/2011 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Peggy SugarmanGrancell Lebovitz Stander Reubens and Thomas As the California Division of Workers' Compensation completed a revision to the Medical Provider Network benefit notices and other posting requirements, the Commission on Health & Safety & Workers’...Read More | |||
| Court Reverses WCAB Award for 24-Hour Nursing Care | 02/03/2011 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Richard M. "Jake" JacobsmeyerShaw, Jacobsmeyer, Crain & ClaffeyThe California 2nd District Court of Appeals has provided us with some guidance, not a lot but a little, on what is becoming a thorny issue in many workers’ compensation cases that of attendant care expense...Read More | |||
| Captives for Workers' Comp: One Overlooked Area | 02/02/2011 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By James J. Moore J&L Risk Management Consultants Over the last four years, captive insurance arrangements have become more prevalent in our business. That is not to say that captives have not existed in Workers Compensation markets for very long. I had come across th...Read More | |||
| Call out the Clans: Suggestions on the Agreed-Bill Process | 01/25/2011 | ||
| By: Eugene Keefe | |||
| State: IL | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Eugene KeefeKeefe Campbell & AssociatesIn the view of the Illinois workers' compensation community, we are riding a somewhat sudden and unexpected wave of reform. Here are some thoughts on how to best proceed until this wave breaks. Most observers viewed...Read More | |||
