Industry Insights
| One Game Not Sufficient to Invoke WCAB Jurisdiction for Athlete | 12/06/2013 | ||
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| The California 2nd District Court of Appeal has issued a ruling reversing a finding by the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board that a professional athlete who played one of 34 games in California in her final year of playing professional sports was eligible for workers’ compensation benefi...Read More | |||
| October 2013 Case Law Update | 10/07/2013 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| INJURYIn McLaughlin v. City of Foster City, 2013 Cal. Wrk. Comp. P.D. LEXIS 322, the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board held that an employee's death from an accidental Vicodin overdose was proximately caused by his employment.In Camacho v. Adecco Employment Services...Read More | |||
| Obesity and Workers' Comp | 09/03/2013 | ||
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| The so-called "obesity epidemic" in the United States may have major implications for workers' comp.That's the conclusion of a remarkable August 2013 white-paper study by Alex Swedlow and Bob Young of the California Workers' Compensation Institute, "Obesity as a Medical...Read More | |||
| Obesity a Workplace Disability? One Court Bucks Trend and Says No | 07/29/2013 | ||
| By: Eric B. Meyer | |||
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| In mid-June, the American Medical Association concluded that obesity is a disease “requiring a range of medical interventions to advance obesity treatment and prevention.”...Read More | |||
| Obesity as a Disease: All about Economics | 07/11/2013 | ||
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| The American Medical Association has decided to recognize obesity as a disease. This is a mistake, but not for the reasons you might initially think.Let’s establish the logic behind the AMA’s decision. There is no new study, no new statistic, no new discovery that has led the...Read More | |||
| Opioid Education Resources | 06/19/2013 | ||
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| The work comp industry is a relatively small universe and one where a lot of us are very familiar with each other. So I am sure that a lot of you who read this blog received the same email recently from Phil LeFevre of the Work Loss Data Institute. Perhaps the most notable work that this organizatio...Read More | |||
| Opioid Catastrophe: The Data Leads to Doctors | 03/06/2013 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| After two stimulating days at the Workers Compensation Research Institute conference, the Insider is ready to solve the opioid problem. To be sure, WCRI is a research-driven organization and makes no claims of solving problems; it simply reveals them through stark, powerful data. However, in a serie...Read More | |||
| Opioids and the IAIABC's Need to Lead | 02/26/2013 | ||
| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions is the trade group for workers' comp regulators, the folks who have assumed the responsibility of advancing the efficiency and effectiveness of workers' compensation systems.By not approving model languag...Read More | |||
| Out-of-State v. In-State Utilization Review | 01/10/2013 | ||
| By: Dr. Robert L. Weinmann | |||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| David J. DePaolo says, "I don't understand" in his article entitled "Out of State UR" dated Jan. 4. I do. At the end of his article, DePaolo declares that "mandating that utilization rev...Read More | |||
| October Case Law Update | 10/08/2012 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The following is a summary of important updates to California workers' compensation law.JURISDICTION AND SUBROGATIONIn Matthew v. National Football League Management Council; Tennessee Titans (2012) 77 CCC 711, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held that an ex-footbal...Read More | |||
