Industry Insights
Geaney: Serious Accident Following Annual Holiday Party Not Compensable | 06/14/2021 | ||
By: John H. Geaney | |||
State: NJ | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
All too often, holiday parties end with some unfortunate injury. Is such an injury covered in workers’ compensation? It depends on the circumstances. ...Read More | |||
Grinberg: Court Dismisses Family COVID Suit | 06/01/2021 | ||
By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
Remember that Kuciemba case I reported on a bit previously? Well, it didn’t work out so well for the plaintiffs. ...Read More | |||
George and Walls: The State of Mental Health in the Workplace | 05/26/2021 | ||
By: Kimberly George and Mark Walls | |||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
Discussions around the impact of mental health and well-being in the workplace are frequent "Out Front Ideas With Kimberly and Mark" topics. May is Mental Health Awareness Month, so we are offering our thoughts on the current state of mental health in the workplace. ...Read More | |||
Grinberg: WCAB Says Unauthorized Manner Is Still Compensable | 05/25/2021 | ||
By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
Regular readers will know that it is truly a rare thing when I agree with a result that disfavors the defense but, well, here we are. ...Read More | |||
Geaney: Hiring Preferences and Workers' Compensation | 05/24/2021 | ||
By: John H. Geaney | |||
State: NJ | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
For more than 100 years it was accurate to say the New Jersey Workers’ Compensation Act is a benefits law, not an employment rights law — but not for long. ...Read More | |||
Gorman: Is Strategic Consolidation Right for You? | 05/20/2021 | ||
By: Patrick C. Gorman | |||
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
Strategic consolidations have become more common in the California workers’ compensation system in recent years, prompting defendants to weigh the pros and cons of consolidated litigation. ...Read More | |||
Grinberg: Sacramento Moves to Shorten WC Investigation Period | 05/18/2021 | ||
By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
State: CA | Segment: Top | 1 | |||
Happy Monday, dear readers! We are just powering through 2021, aren’t we? ...Read More | |||
Grinberg: Voluntary Resignation Irrelevant to SJDB Voucher Analysis | 05/14/2021 | ||
By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
State: CA | Segment: Top | 1 | |||
The very first reported decision by Lexis in this decade was that of Dennis v. State of California. Therein, the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board held in an en banc dec...Read More | |||
Grinberg: MPN Killer Becomes Toothless Study Bill | 05/11/2021 | ||
By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
I love nothing more than sharing virtual real estate in this beloved swamp of ours, called workers’ compensation. But, if I might invite you to join me for a stroll through “delusions of grandeur forest,” I will arrogantly take sole credit for the recent change in the goal ...Read More | |||
Geaney: Supplemental Benefits for Surviving Dependents of Essential Workers | 04/29/2021 | ||
By: John H. Geaney | |||
State: NJ | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
Last week, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy signed into law a bill co-sponsored by Sens. Troy Singleton and Dawn Addiego. The bill...Read More | |||