Industry Insights
Grinberg: Another Item on the Wish List: Rule 35.5(e) | 08/15/2023 | ||
By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
Did you know that sometimes regulations are written with invisible ink? It’s true. Crack open the books and look at Rule 35.5(e). ...Read More | |||
Salem: Meet Judge Shaterra Marion | 08/14/2023 | ||
By: Jane Salem | |||
State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | |||
Sometimes, you just know right away when something’s right. ...Read More | |||
CAAA: State's Labor Movement Has Its Hands Full | 08/11/2023 | ||
By: CAAA Communications Team | |||
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
Hollywood on strike as artificial Intelligence threatens actual intelligence. Teamsters facing autonomous driverless trucks. Hotel owners cutting daily room cleaning to cut hotel housekeepers’ paychecks. Farmworkers organizing under a new first-in-the-nation law.&nbs...Read More | |||
Paduda: Physician Dispensing in Work Comp Roars Back | 08/10/2023 | ||
By: Joe Paduda | |||
State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
Why? Mostly because insurers and employers have been asleep at the switch. ...Read More | |||
Snyder: The Case I Never Forgot | 08/09/2023 | ||
By: Teddy Snyder | |||
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
Decades ago, I worked on a massive product liability case. I was involved on the coverage side rather than the case in chief. ...Read More | |||
Grinberg: About Those Grants for Further Study ... | 08/08/2023 | ||
By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
I bring you tidings from the California Court of Appeal. Several parties have sought review of the WCAB’s practice of granting petitions for reconsideration for further review and study, and it appears the practice does not pass Court of Appeal muster. ...Read More | |||
Geaney: Governor Signs Bill Raising Fees of Evaluating Physicians | 08/07/2023 | ||
By: John H. Geaney | |||
State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | |||
On July 20, Gov. Phil Murphy approved an amendment to New Jersey Statutes Annotated 34:15-64 raising the maximum amount that physicians may be paid for opinions regarding need for treatment or estimates of permanent disability. ...Read More | |||
Paduda: Survey of Workers' Comp Bill Review, Fourth Edition | 08/04/2023 | ||
By: Joe Paduda | |||
State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
Our fourth survey of workers’ comp bill review is nearing completion. One of the good things about doing this every few years is that we can identify trends and the industry’s evolution. ...Read More | |||
Busenlener: Immunity and the Two-Contract Theory | 08/03/2023 | ||
By: James T. Busenlener | |||
State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | |||
In Louisiana, when a company undertakes to execute any work that is a part of its trade, business or occupation and contracts with any subcontractor for the execution of such work, the company is entitled to the exclusive remedy protection of Louisiana Laws Revised Statutes Section ...Read More | |||
Doud: Seasonal Employee Earnings Don't Have to Be Complicated | 08/02/2023 | ||
By: John W. Doud | |||
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
When calculating seasonal employees’ average weekly wages and entitlement to temporary total disability, parties must take the workers’ in-season and off-season wages into consideration, according to case law on the topic. ...Read More | |||