Industry Insights
Grinberg: Guzman Rebuttal Only for Applicant's Gain? | 03/11/2021 | ||
By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
It should come as no surprise to frequent readers that I am a keen observer of the fact that life is not fair. However, besides my own perceptions of the human experience, I frequently hear the laments that the rulings of the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board are particularly unfa...Read More | |||
Geaney: No Section 40 Lien Deduction for Petitioner's Share of Counsel Fees | 03/09/2021 | ||
By: John H. Geaney | |||
State: NJ | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
We all know certain events are going to happen every year: Alabama is going to play for the national football championship, your property taxes will certainly rise, Tom Brady will be in the Super Bowl and, most likely of all, someone is going to challenge the way Section 40 liens are ca...Read More | |||
Grinberg: Legislature Considers Hospital Employee Presumption | 03/04/2021 | ||
By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
I would like to put forth a modest proposal. What if workers’ compensation were used only for work-related injuries? ...Read More | |||
Grinberg: Fraud Charges for Failure to Disclose Prior Claims | 02/24/2021 | ||
By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
I tend to spend some of his evenings, long after the house and the world outside the front door have gone quiet, sipping Buffalo Trace and shaking my head in disbelief at some of the things that go in our beloved swamp of workers’ compensation. ...Read More | |||
Grinberg: WCAB Rejects Bills From Depo Prep Interpreter | 02/18/2021 | ||
By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
I'm going to give you some free advice: Watch "The Office" (American version). If you have watched it, watch it again. It is awesome. ...Read More | |||
Grinberg: WCAB Says No Replacement Panel for Missing PQME | 02/09/2021 | ||
By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
When I was knee-high to a grasshopper, a teacher came around to collect a homework assignment. When I failed to produce said assignment, the teacher chided me for not doing it. Showing at a young age the likelihood of a career in law, I retorted that she could in no way e...Read More | |||
Grinberg: Lawsuit Challenges Prop. 22 Victory | 02/04/2021 | ||
By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
State: CA | Segment: Top | 1 | |||
On Nov. 3 of last year, Americans from coast to coast went to vote. In California, we voted not only on federal issues, but on local ones as well. With any close election, there’s typically some disappointment, and this voting day was no exception. ...Read More | |||
Geaney: Assembly Committee Votes to Approve Hiring Preference Bill | 02/01/2021 | ||
By: John H. Geaney | |||
State: NJ | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
Employers need to be aware of an Assembly bill that would turn the workers’ compensation statute into an employment protection law. ...Read More | |||
Grinberg: WCAB Panel Provides Guidance on TD Due After P&S but Prior to Surgery | 01/28/2021 | ||
By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
Sometimes injured workers are faced with a daunting choice: undergoing surgery or having their temporary disability checks cut off. ...Read More | |||
Geaney: Appellate Division Affirms Dismissal of Occupational Tinnitus Claim | 01/22/2021 | ||
By: John H. Geaney | |||
State: NJ | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
There are not many Appellate Division decisions on occupational hearing loss and tinnitus, which is why the decision is of interest in Donzella v. SG Performance ...Read More | |||