Industry Insights
| Drug Formularies -- much Needed in Workers' Comp | 10/10/2014 | ||
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| Controlling drug usage in workers’ comp is – far too often – the proverbial pushing on the rope. Sure, pharmacy benefit managers and payers have done a remarkable job constraining costs and reducing the initial inappropriate use of opioids. Virtually all payers use pharm...Read More | |||
| Does the Workers' Compensation System Really Want to Encourage and Reward Thieves? | 10/07/2014 | ||
| By: Eugene Keefe | |||
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| As licensed Illinois attorneys and court watchers, we confirm for our readers the strongest respect for the venerated members of our Appellate and Supreme Courts. The men and women on those judicial bodies are of the highest caliber and beyond reproach. They have to deal with civil litigation and...Read More | |||
| Decisions Show Need for thorough Investigations of Injuries on Employer Premises | 09/03/2014 | ||
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| The Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court recently issued two decisions relating to issues involving course and scope of employment and premises liability: Ace Wire Spring and Form Co. v. WCAB (Walshesky), 29 PAWCLR 110 (Pa. Commw. 2014) and PPL v. WCAB (Kloss), 29 PAWCLR 112 (Pa. Commw. 2014). Both of...Read More | |||
| Do Doctors Expire in 10 Years? | 05/15/2014 | ||
| By: Dr. Robert Weinmann | |||
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| "Do doctors expire in 10 years" is the title of the lead article in AAPS news from the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, Vol. 70, No. 5, May 2014. Our readers may enjoy comparing this piece with items from The Weinmann Report, ...Read More | |||
| Death on a Ga. RR Trestle Sparks Calls for Hollywood Safety Reforms | 03/13/2014 | ||
| By: Julie Ferguson | |||
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| If film making news isn't on your radar, you might have missed the story about a gruesome death on a film set near Jessup, Ga., in late February. Like many workplace deaths, it didn't attract a lot of immediate notice beyond the local sphere and within the film industry. But the sadness and ...Read More | |||
| Dismissed Attorneys Lien Must Be Addressed Prior to C&R | 03/06/2014 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| On occasion, your humble blogger feels himself an advocate for injured workers. Yes, yes, laugh it up, but in all seriousness, I’m very sympathetic to workers that have suffered actual injuries while doing their jobs. I’ve been very fortunate that my clients have bent over ba...Read More | |||
| DSM-5 vs. DSM-IV-TR: The Workers' Comp Solution | 01/23/2014 | ||
| By: Dr. Bruce Leckart | |||
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| For those of you who have been regular readers of my newsletters you probably recall that since June 2013, I have been writing about the DSM-5 and some of the many problems with this diagnostic manual that adversely affect personal injury and workers’ compensation litigation. In this current n...Read More | |||
| Death Before Compromise and Release Approval | 12/20/2013 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| Your humble blogger was at a certain Bay Area board recently, zealously advocating for his client's interests, when he overheard a not unheard-of factual scenario:Applicant enters into a compromise and release agreement with defendant. The compromise and release includes funds ...Read More | |||
| December 2013 Case Law Update | 12/11/2013 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| JURISDICTION AND SUBROGATIONIn Connecticut Sun v. WCAB (Johnson) (2013) B249201, the 2nd District Court of Appeal held that California did not have sufficient interest to apply its workers' compensation law and to retain jurisdiction over a case involving a professional basketball pl...Read More | |||
| Defining Catastrophic Injuries | 11/06/2013 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| One of the larger questions surrounding the 2012 Senate Bill 863 California workers' comp reforms is how "catastrophic" will be interpreted.Labor Code 4660.1(c) was added to prevent permanent disability ratings for psychiatric disability (and sleep and sexual dysfunction) for p...Read More | |||
