Industry Insights
Grinberg: The New Med-Legal Fee Schedule, Part II | 04/09/2021 | ||
By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
State: CA | Segment: Top | 1 | |||
There are now new duties imposed on the parties in sending documents to the medical-legal evaluator. Section 9793(n) requires “[a]ny d...Read More | |||
Grinberg: The New Med-Legal Fee Schedule | 04/08/2021 | ||
By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
This swampland or ours is all abuzz with the new fee schedule issued by the Division of Workers' Compensation and I'm eager to bring you some of the highlights. ...Read More | |||
Grinberg: WCAB Comments on CT Claims | 03/31/2021 | ||
By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
Cumulative traumas are tricky things sometimes. ...Read More | |||
Geaney: Worker Injured in Shared Parking Lot Can Sue Employer | 03/29/2021 | ||
By: John H. Geaney | |||
State: NJ | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
When an employee is injured on the employer’s premises, including a parking lot owned and controlled by the employer, it is fundamental that such a claim is work-related. ...Read More | |||
Geaney: Court Rejects Compensability for Worker Who Fell En Route to Coffee Shop | 03/24/2021 | ||
By: John H. Geaney | |||
State: NJ | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
What if two lawyers leave their separate offices to meet at a coffee shop to discuss a case? Is the commute to the coffee shop compensable for either or both of them? ...Read More | |||
Grinberg: Emergency Med-Legal Regs Extended to Mid-October 2021 | 03/16/2021 | ||
By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
One of the very, very thin silver linings of the lockdowns we’re still slogging through has been the compulsory trial of remote litigation and work for the workers’ comp bar. For the last year, depositions have been done almost exclusively via videoconference, hearings over the p...Read More | |||
Grinberg: Guzman Rebuttal Only for Applicant's Gain? | 03/11/2021 | ||
By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
It should come as no surprise to frequent readers that I am a keen observer of the fact that life is not fair. However, besides my own perceptions of the human experience, I frequently hear the laments that the rulings of the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board are particularly unfa...Read More | |||
Geaney: No Section 40 Lien Deduction for Petitioner's Share of Counsel Fees | 03/09/2021 | ||
By: John H. Geaney | |||
State: NJ | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
We all know certain events are going to happen every year: Alabama is going to play for the national football championship, your property taxes will certainly rise, Tom Brady will be in the Super Bowl and, most likely of all, someone is going to challenge the way Section 40 liens are ca...Read More | |||
Grinberg: Legislature Considers Hospital Employee Presumption | 03/04/2021 | ||
By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
I would like to put forth a modest proposal. What if workers’ compensation were used only for work-related injuries? ...Read More | |||
Grinberg: Fraud Charges for Failure to Disclose Prior Claims | 02/24/2021 | ||
By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
I tend to spend some of his evenings, long after the house and the world outside the front door have gone quiet, sipping Buffalo Trace and shaking my head in disbelief at some of the things that go in our beloved swamp of workers’ compensation. ...Read More | |||