Industry Insights
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Snyder: Dismissals, Rehires and Settlements | 01/15/2020 | |
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| By: Teddy Snyder | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A new California law effective Jan. 1 governs settlement agreement language regarding employment dismissals and rehires. An employer and employee can still agree that a settlement includes termination of employment, but the agreement cannot include language that the person is barred from re-...Read More | |||
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Snyder: Mediation Opening Statements | 11/13/2019 | |
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| By: Teddy Snyder | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Times have changed. Teddy Snyder ...Read More | |||
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Salem: Board Affirms Opinion on Admissibility of 'Self-Taught' Expert's Testimony | 10/18/2019 | |
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| By: Jane Salem | |||
| State: TN | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The Tennessee Workers' Compensation Appeals Board affirmed a trial court decision denying a motion in limine that sought to exclude an expert’s deposition testimony because the physician had no training in use of the American Medical Association’s Guides, and stated at one po...Read More | |||
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Switzer: Bureau Revises Petition for Benefit Determination | 10/11/2019 | |
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| By: Kenneth M. Switzer | |||
| State: TN | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| In the recent Tennessee Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board decision Vickers v. Amazon.com, the board observed that it is “unclear” why the email address to file a petition for benefit dete...Read More | |||
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Snyder: The Importance of Facts | 10/09/2019 | |
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| By: Teddy Snyder | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| A big part of a mediator’s job is to elicit and isolate relevant facts. Then we can determine points of agreement and disagreement. ...Read More | |||
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Snyder: A Mediation Quiz | 09/11/2019 | |
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| By: Teddy Snyder | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Find out how much you really know about mediation with this short true/false quiz. ...Read More | |||
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Salem: Your Honor, the Evidence Will Show ... | 09/05/2019 | |
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| By: Jane Salem | |||
| State: TN | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| As every trial attorney knows, getting evidence in front of the judge, or keeping it out, can make the difference between winning and losing. ...Read More | |||
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Snyder: Held Hostage by a Torturous Claim? | 08/14/2019 | |
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| By: Teddy Snyder | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Do you feel like you and your clients are hostage to a claim that goes on and on? ...Read More | |||
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Snyder: Evaluating the Denied Claim | 07/10/2019 | |
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| By: Teddy Snyder | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| I recently mediated a partially denied claim where the attorney for the injured worker had no idea what the value of the future medical costs might be. It was an old dog claim, and treaters had been deposed multiple times. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Limits Medical Damages for Tort Claimants | 06/19/2019 | |
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| By: James Busenlener | |||
| State: LA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| On May 9, the Louisiana Supreme Court issued an important opinion restricting application of the collateral source rule in personal injury lawsuits. This case will impact workers’ compensation subrogation recoveries in Louisiana by reducing the overall pool of money subject to subrogation....Read More | |||
