Industry Insights
| Salas v. Sierra Chemical | 08/16/2011 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| A decision rendered Aug. 9 by the California 3rd District Court of Appeal is likely to be of wide interest to the California workers' comp industry.The decision in Salas V. Sierra Chemical Co. was authored by Justice Andrea Hoch and joined by Justice Vance Raye and Justice Harry Hull...Read More | |||
| Social Media and Workers Comp | 08/11/2011 | ||
| By: Julie Ferguson | |||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Julie FergusonLynch Ryan and AssociatesAre Facebook, Twitter and other social media postings fair game when conducting a workers comp fraud investigation?We've posted on this topic previously, including a reference to a successful Facebook-related investigation c...Read More | |||
| Seven Problems Facing Work Comp in a Credit Default | 08/02/2011 | ||
| By: Jon Gelman | |||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Jon GelmanWorkers' Compensation payments are so intertwined with the national system of workers' compensation that a potential U.S. credit fault will impact the system significantly. Workers' Compensation is social remedial legislation and as the U.S. government leaders st...Read More | |||
| Stair Stepping Reserves Occurs When Adjusters Ignore Claim Basics | 06/21/2011 | ||
| By: Rebecca Shafer | |||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| By Rebecca ShaferAmaxx Risks SolutionsWhenever a claim quality auditor or an actuarial auditor sees stair-stepping of workers' compensation reserves, it is immediately either the adjuster is inexperienced or lazy. When the auditor sees numerous small changes in the reserves upw...Read More | |||
| School Officer Charged with Multiple Felonies | 06/01/2011 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Zachary H. SacksSacks & ZolonzIn recent employee fraud news, a Los Angeles school police officer is currently facing a variety of criminal charges, including workers' compensation fraud, for allegedly staging a carjacking and shooting.According to the now-uns...Read More | |||
| State Funds: Are they Really Worth it? | 05/31/2011 | ||
| By: James Moore | |||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By James MooreJ&L Risk Management ConsultantsI read today where California State Compensation Insurance Fund has requested legislation to expand their coverage into non-California states for its insureds. I was wondering if this would be the first step into privatization and ex...Read More | |||
| Somebody Else Did it! A Primer on Third-Party Cases | 05/02/2011 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Howard Stevens McDermott & ClawsonThe employee and employer each have an independent cause of action for damages against a negligent third party. Lab. Code § 3852; Buell v. CBS, Inc. (1982) 136 Cal. App. 3d 823, 825, 186 Cal. Rptr. 455. The employee may simultaneo...Read More | |||
| Social Networks and Discovery in WC | 04/14/2011 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Katie SiemontGrancell, Lebovitz, Stander, Reubens and ThomasAs of July 2010, Facebook had over 500 million active users and Twitter users are recording over 55 million tweets a day. Internet social networking sites such as Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn and Twitter, allow users to ...Read More | |||
| Single Payer in Vermont: Occ Doc or Not? | 03/28/2011 | ||
| State: VT | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Jon CoppelmanLynch Ryan & AssociatesIn a move stunning for its contrariness, Vermont is moving toward a single-payer health care system. In the course of the debate, the inevitable issue of whether to include workers' comp has come up. At this point, a committee will mak...Read More | |||
| Stuntman Held to be Special Employee | 03/04/2011 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Richard M. "Jake" JacobsmeyerShaw, Jacobsmeyer, Crain & Claffey The California 2nd District Court of Appeal has upheld the dismissal of a civil action stemming from a claim for personal injuries sustained by a stunt man while performing a risky stunt while rehearsing for a f...Read More | |||
