Industry Insights
| Young: State's Top Workers' Comp Developments — First Half of 2023 | 07/11/2023 | ||
| By: Julius Young | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| At mid-2023, it’s time to examine the most important developments in California workers’ compensation so far this year. ...Read More | |||
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Moore: Why Is Workers' Comp Claims Staff Turnover So High? | 07/07/2023 | |
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| By: James Moore | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| I viewed/attended a webinar sponsored by various workers’ comp organizations just before the holiday. Not to center on the negative aspects, but why is the workers’ comp claims staff turnover figure increasing at such a high rate? I will explain why this figure is so important to...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: AB 133 to Extend Remote Appearances | 07/06/2023 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| I have made no secret of my support for remote proceedings for court appearances. Hearings conducted remotely have the general effect of reducing transmission of diseases, whether COVID-19 or the common cold, and everything in between. ...Read More | |||
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Geaney: Recording and Taping IMEs in Workers' Compensation | 07/03/2023 | |
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| By: John H. Geaney | |||
| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | |||
| The rules for recording and taping independent medical exams in New Jersey became much clearer with the June 15 New Jersey Supreme Court ruling in DiFiore v. Pezic. ...Read More | |||
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Moore: Are X-Mod Predictions Accurate? | 06/30/2023 | |
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| By: James Moore | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| Most experience modification predictions can be a tedious process that has confounded most people working in the world of workers’ comp for decades. ...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: Are Stray Bullets Compensable? | 06/29/2023 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| Time for a somewhat literal blast from the past. This one is from September of 1947, the case of McPhail v. The Austin Company. ...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: Farewell to Vocational Apportionment | 06/27/2023 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board has issued an en banc decision in the matter of Nunes v. State of California Department of Motor Vehicles, and it’s a doozy. ...Read More | |||
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Zachry: A Settlement Philosophy | 07/05/2023 | |
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| By: Bill Zachry | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| The workers' compensation claims settlement philosophy has a direct impact on the injured workers, and a financial impact on the employer and claims administrator. ...Read More | |||
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Kamin: Panel Decision Clarifies Burdens of Proof in MPN Disputes | 06/26/2023 | |
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| By: John P. Kamin | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| An applicant failed to prove that a defendant neglected or refused to provide medical care and must continue treating within the defendant’s medical provider network, according to a new panel decision from the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board. ...Read More | |||
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Lemos-Crawford: Recent Case Reaffirms WC Act as Sole Remedy | 06/23/2023 | |
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| By: Cortney M. Lemos-Crawford | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| Recently, the 5th District Court of Appeals upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit for negligence brought by a temp worker against his special employer for a work injury for which he had already been provided benefits through the general employer’s workers’ compensation insurance cove...Read More | |||
