Industry Insights
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Geaney: Review of 'Workers' Compensation Emerging Issues Analysis' | 04/12/2022 | |
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| By: John H. Geaney | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| For those readers who are interested in learning about current issues in workers’ compensation, I highly recommend the 2021 LexisNexis book entitled, “Workers Compensation Emerging Issues Analysis.” ...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: COA Provides Guidance on Mailbox Rule | 04/06/2022 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 1 | |||
| As you may recall from my earlier blog post, the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board recently ruled that the five-day mailbox rule, at least for workers’ compensation matters, applies to all manner of service except...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: WCAB Comments on Email Service and Copy Liens | 03/30/2022 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Here we are again, still slugging our way through our beloved swamp of California’s workers’ compensation system, and I'm here to curate the culture clash between old and new, the past and the future, the traditional and the modern that plays out. ...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: WCAB Rejects Psych Kite Again | 03/25/2022 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| This post is good news: Another successful decision reached, thanks to the efforts of the attorneys at State Compensation Insurance Fund. ...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: Update on Kuciemba and Civil Liability for COVID-19 | 03/22/2022 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board is back to in-person hearings and trials. I have reports from the first few practitioners who have had in-person trials again. ...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: In-Person Trials and Hearings Resume at WCAB | 03/15/2022 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The news making its way around the workers’ compensation community is that the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board has restarted in-person trials. ...Read More | |||
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Geaney: FCE Supports County's Decision to Terminate Employee After Workers' Comp Injury | 03/14/2022 | |
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| By: John H. Geaney | |||
| State: NJ | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Functional capacity examinations (FCEs) can be very useful in determining the ability of a worker to perform essential job functions by removing the guesswork and instead providing accurate data on an employee’s physical abilities. ...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: Email Service of QME Reports Regs | 03/11/2022 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Today I bring you an update regarding medical-legal evaluations. Proposed changes to Rule 36.7 would make electronic service of medical-legal reports permanent (rather than allowing for this as an emergency regulation). ...Read More | |||
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Geaney: Superior Court Can't Compel Plaintiff to File Claim Petition in WC Division | 03/04/2022 | |
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| By: John H. Geaney | |||
| State: NJ | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The case of Brian Smith v. Township of South Hackensack addressed an unusual procedural question seldom, if ever, seen befor...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: More of the Same From Sacramento | 03/02/2022 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 1 | |||
| Aside from the various COVID-19-related presumption laws, shortening investigation periods from the 90 days afforded under Labor Code Section 5402 to 30 or 45 days (depending on the applicable section), defendants are already hard-pressed to properly investigate a claim within the ...Read More | |||
