Industry Insights
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Gurvey: All Injured Workers Getting the Shaft Because of Newsom's COVID-19 Executive Order | 05/13/2020 | |
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| By: Alan Gurvey | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| There has been a lot of discussion in the media regarding Gov. Gavin Newsom’s COVID-19 executive order that creates a rebuttable presumption for all employees who contract coronavirus and claim it is due to work. ...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: Compensable Consequence for Spouse's Reaction to Industrial Injury | 05/07/2020 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| How far can you stretch workers’ comp? Well, as it turns out, even though our beloved swamp will stretch and stretch and stretch, it does have a limit. Though rarely seen, it is there. ...Read More | |||
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Geaney: Consequences for Failure to Use Protective Devices Under COVID-19 Policies | 05/05/2020 | |
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| By: John H. Geaney | |||
| State: NJ | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| I had a recent discussion in relation to an upcoming COVID-19 webinar with former Supervising Judge of Compensation Ray. A. Farrington, who sat in Hackensack. Farrington raised an important question about what employers can do when employees ignore safety rules concerning COVID-19 in respect...Read More | |||
| Geaney: Enhanced Legal Presumptions Do Not Make Sense For Pandemic-Related Claims | 04/30/2020 | ||
| By: John H. Geaney | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| John H. Geaney...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: COVID-19 Presumption for Fire, Police and Health Care Workers | 04/28/2020 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 1 | |||
| Here we are, watching with bated breath as we wait to see what happens to the residents of states opening up in the face of looming coronavirus threats. Will it all be OK? Will there be massive spikes in coronavirus cases and deaths? ...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: COVID-19 Presumption Revisited | 04/21/2020 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 1 | |||
| COVID-19 has had quite an impact on attending hearings before the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board. ...Read More | |||
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Gelman: Workers' Compensation and the New Virtual Reality | 04/10/2020 | |
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| By: Jon L. Gelman | |||
| State: NJ | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The COVID-19 pandemic has abruptly changed how hearings will be conducted before the New Jersey Division of Workers Compensation. ...Read More | |||
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Geaney: Preventive Actions Do Not Trigger Temporary Disability Benefits | 04/07/2020 | |
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| By: John H. Geaney | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Let me begin with a correction to a prior blog. ...Read More | |||
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Goldstein: Will Expansion of Telehealth Lead to More Conditional Payments? | 04/02/2020 | |
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| Source: Jean S. Goldstein | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| In 2019, Medicare started covering some virtual care services. The services included brief communications and Virtual Check-Ins (short patient-initiated communications with a health care practitioner) along with e-visits (non-face-to-face patient-initiated communications through an online patient...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: LAPD Officer's Fraud Taints Convictions | 03/26/2020 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| I’ve got a bittersweet item to report. A former Los Angeles Police Department officer, Michael Simon, of Redondo Beach, pleaded no contest to grand theft and insurance fraud. ...Read More | |||
