Industry Insights
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Wickert: Which Workers' Compensation 'Benefits' Can Be Subrogated? | 10/13/2021 | |
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| By: Gary L. Wickert | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| It’s the question every claims professional and trial attorney claims to know, but few fully understand. ...Read More | |||
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Wong: Significant Board Decisions Refresher: Industrial Injury | 09/30/2021 | |
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| By: Sara Wong | |||
| State: WA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Washington law defines an industrial injury as “a sudden and tangible happening, of a traumatic nature, producing an immediate or prompt result, and occurring from without, and such physical conditions as result therefrom.” ...Read More | |||
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Wong and Hannon: Are You Getting the Most From Your IMEs? | 06/23/2021 | |
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| By: Sara Wong and Mary Hannon | |||
| State: WA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| An independent medical examination is a valuable tool to set your claim up for success. However, like all tools, the ultimate value of an IME will depend on how you use it. ...Read More | |||
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Walls: COVID-19 Is NOT an Occupational Disease | 03/25/2021 | |
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| By: Mark Walls | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| When workers’ compensation was conceived over 100 years ago, it was designed to cover traumatic injuries in an industrial setting. ...Read More | |||
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Walls: Perils of Pandemic Premium Audits | 01/11/2021 | |
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| By: Mark Walls | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Because workers’ compensation premiums are usually driven by employer payroll, carriers audit the payroll figures to ensure that the worker classifications are accurate and that the premiums reflect the covered risks. ...Read More | |||
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Wickert: The Subrogation Trap | 10/29/2020 | |
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| By: Gary L. Wickert | |||
| State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Subrogation professionals must be aware that Florida’s collateral source statute contains a trap for the unwary. ...Read More | |||
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Wyatt: Fact, Not Fiction: Mediation Works | 09/30/2020 | |
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| Source: Judge Thomas Wyatt | |||
| State: TN | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Did you know that television’s beloved Fred Rogers, aka Mr. Rogers, was a Navy SEAL sniper in an earlier career? Or that if you lose a tooth and place it in a glass of Coca-Cola at bedtime, by morning it will be dissolved? And if you go to New York City, beware of alligators livin...Read More | |||
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Wickert: The Danger of Not Intervening in Third-Party Litigation | 08/31/2020 | |
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| By: Gary L. Wickert | |||
| State: KS | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The Kansas Court of Appeals is holding class on why it is important to have subrogation counsel in workers’ compensation subrogation third-party cases, even in states that are favorable to carriers. ...Read More | |||
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Weinmann: DWC Not Prepared to Honor QME Fee Schedule Stakeholder Agreement | 07/07/2020 | |
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| By: Robert Weinmann | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| In general, it appears that after three months of negotiations, the California Division of Workers' Compensation has decided to go its own way and ignore whichever parts of the stakeholder agreement it chooses. ...Read More | |||
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Weinmann: Coronavirus vs. QMEs | 03/30/2020 | |
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| By: Robert Weinmann | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Our office, designated to do a panel qualified medical evaluation, ran into a plethora of unexpected complications on a recent case. ...Read More | |||
