Industry Insights
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Kwong and Mendoza: Steps to Prevent and Combat Poorly Written Med-Legal Reports | 08/26/2022 | |
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| By: Joanna Kwong and Jesse Mendoza | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 1 | |||
| The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board must ground its decisions in substantial evidence. We practitioners must review medical-legal reports and any doctor’s depositions to ensure the medical record, when read as a whole, constitutes substantial evidence. ...Read More | |||
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Kamin: Yes, Employer Reps Are Always Allowed at Depositions | 08/19/2022 | |
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| By: John P. Kamin | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Despite what you may have heard, it’s been well-established for years that an employer representative can sit in on the deposition of an applicant, thanks to a well-known panel decision on the topic. ...Read More | |||
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Kamin: Psych Cases: Return to Work Should Lower PD | 07/12/2022 | |
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| By: John P. Kamin | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| When conducting discovery in psych cases, it’s important to make sure that medical evaluators are completely aware of any return to work and attempts to return to the workplace after the initial date of injury when evaluating impairment. ...Read More | |||
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Kamin: Unpopular Bills Pass Initial Deadline, but Still Have a Long Way to Go | 06/14/2022 | |
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| By: John P. Kamin | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Four bills that could raise costs for California employers, administrators and carriers passed key votes in the California Legislature with an upcoming gubernatorial election pending in the background. ...Read More | |||
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Kamin: Derivative Injuries Update | 05/25/2022 | |
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| By: John P. Kamin | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The California Supreme Court has had a flurry of activity on derivative injury cases lately, largely thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. ...Read More | |||
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Kamin: Per Diems and Reimbursements in AWW Calculations | 04/11/2022 | |
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| By: John P. Kamin | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| When doing average weekly wage calculations, it can quickly get complicated when deciding whether per diems and reimbursements should be included. ...Read More | |||
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Kamin: Lawmaker's Proposal Takes Aim at Temps, Threatens Industry | 03/28/2022 | |
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| By: John P. Kamin | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| A new bill proposed by state lawmakers would require employers to provide workers’ compensation coverage for any workers who are performing labor within the employer’s usual course of business, regardless if they are employed by a staffing agency. ...Read More | |||
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Kamin: Legislature Mulls Presumption Bills | 03/03/2022 | |
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| By: John P. Kamin | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| California state lawmakers are currently considering two bills that would create a broad presumption for hospital employees and extend Senate Bill 1159’s COVID-19 presumptions. ...Read More | |||
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Kamin: CDC Says COVID-19 Unlikely to Spread by Touching Surfaces | 01/28/2022 | |
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| By: John P. Kamin | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| During a recent doctor deposition, a well-renowned internist and pulmonologist told me he was skeptical about whether COVID-19 could be transmitted by touching a surface that was previously touched by a sick person. ...Read More | |||
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Kamin: Valley Fever On the Rise, but Masks Could Help | 12/08/2021 | |
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| By: John P. Kamin | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| California may be seeing a rise in valley fever cases, but employers could use a preventative care idea from the COVID-19 pandemic to help prevent occupational exposures to the valley fever fungi. ...Read More | |||
