Industry Insights
| Combining Succesive Industrial Injuries | 07/06/2002 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| The Wilkinson rationale has been extended to combine any two or more injuries where there is a common part of body becoming permanent and stationary on the same date. The Wilkinson case involved a series of injuries to a single part of body. In Norton v. WCAB, 45 CCC 1098, one injury to the bac...Read More | |||
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Copeland: One Girl's Opinion About the DWC's Designated Doctor 'Fix' | 05/15/2023 | |
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| By: Erika Copeland | |||
| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | |||
| If you live long enough, things definitely seem to come full circle. ...Read More | |||
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Corder: Impact of a Slower Economy on Loss Control Programs | 03/09/2023 | |
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| By: Jeff Corder | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| An economic recession is a widespread and prolonged downturn in economic activity. Economists use many factors to define when a country’s economy is in a recession, including two consecutive quarters of a negative GDP, industrial production and nonfarm payrolls. ...Read More | |||
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Curtius: Liens: Don't Forget About the Second Bill Review | 02/23/2023 | |
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| By: Kelly A. Curtius | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| In decades past, courts had more discretion over lien disputes and often allowed lien claimants substantial leeway when it came to procedural and evidentiary issues. In fact, it was common for defense attorneys to have to remind the parties that it is the lien claimants’ (and not the defend...Read More | |||
| CAAA: Stupid Bragging | 01/12/2023 | ||
| By: California Applicants' Attorneys Association | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| A few years ago, the California Workers’ Compensation Institute bragged to NPR about how well California’s work comp system was working. The evidence? Probably not something to brag about. “Only” 8% of medical treatment denials for injured worker...Read More | |||
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Coleman: Joinder: The More, the Merrier | 12/14/2022 | |
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| By: Lauren M. Coleman | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| As parties rush to settle their cases during the jolly days of settlement season, one key question to ask when settling cumulative trauma claims is whether all potential co-defendants have been joined. ...Read More | |||
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Cleveland: The Statute of Limitations for Latent Injury Discovery | 12/13/2022 | |
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| By: Karen Cleveland | |||
| State: AL | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| In Alabama, all disputed workers’ compensation claims are handled through the regular court system. Alabama is the only remaining state to handle disputed claims in this manner. ...Read More | |||
| CAAA: OMG! | 12/07/2022 | ||
| By: California Applicants' Attorneys Association | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| In 2022, the rate employers paid for workers’ compensation insurance was the same rate they paid in 1996. One might think they would be celebrating instead of whining, but they continue to whine just the same. The billions employers have saved and insurance companies have ma...Read More | |||
| Chadarevian, Colon, Carroll: Will Medical Inflation Hit WC? | 12/05/2022 | ||
| By: Raji Chadarevian, David Colon and Amelia Carroll | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| While medical inflation in workers' comp has remained moderate for the past decade, the recent spike in consumer prices has elevated concerns. Medical costs make up the biggest portion of workers' comp expenses, and while medical inflation in WC has remained moderat...Read More | |||
| CAAA: Other States, Other States, Other States | 10/19/2022 | ||
| By: California Applicants' Attorneys Association | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| For decades, every attack on injured workers has been based on "other states don’t do what California does," "California workers’ comp is too liberal” and "California should be like other states.” Gov. Gavin Newsom has taken the big, b...Read More | |||
