Industry Insights
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Snyder: Get the Best Deal for Your Client | 02/14/2024 | |
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| By: Teddy Snyder | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| By the time parties get to settlement discussions, they are often exhausted. ...Read More | |||
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Salem: Top Appellate Decisions of 2023, Part 2 | 02/02/2024 | |
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| By: Jane Salem | |||
| State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | |||
| Welcome back. Jane Salem In the&nbs...Read More | |||
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Salem: Top Appellate Decisions of 2023, Part 1 | 02/01/2024 | |
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| By: Jane Salem | |||
| State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | |||
| Usually, I begin a new year with a recap of every workers’ compensation appellate opinion (except the memoranda) of the past year from the Tennessee Supreme Court’s Special Workers’ Compensation Appeals Panel and the Appeals Board. ...Read More | |||
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Snyder: Balancing the Scales of Justice | 01/10/2024 | |
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| By: Teddy Snyder | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| We’re all familiar with the symbol: Lady Justice carrying the balance scales. ...Read More | |||
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Salem: Court May Order Benefits Even When Declaratory Action Is Pending | 12/29/2023 | |
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| By: Jane Salem | |||
| State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | |||
| Parties to a workers’ compensation lawsuit don’t have to wait for a judgment from a collateral court before the workers’ compensation judge can order a party to furnish benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Shaw: How Wearables Can Improve Worker Safety | 12/28/2023 | |
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| By: Jack Shaw | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| Wearable technology has proven useful for tracking employee health and monitoring workplace conditions. The devices can lead to healthier, happier and more productive workforces, which could significantly reduce workers’ compensation claims. ...Read More | |||
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Snyder: When Claims and Counsel Aren't Communicating | 11/15/2023 | |
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| By: Teddy Snyder | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| A recent CLM Magazine article listed multiple reasons for claim processing inefficiencies. One was “unresponsive counsel.” ...Read More | |||
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Snyder: When Does Negotiation End? | 10/11/2023 | |
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| By: Teddy Snyder | |||
| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
| More than 95% of all cases settle. Sometimes cases don’t settle at mediation, but shortly thereafter as participants spend more time thinking about their litigation prospects. ...Read More | |||
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Salem: Oral Arguments Announced for October | 10/04/2023 | |
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| By: Jane Salem | |||
| State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | |||
| The Tennessee Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board recently set cases for live oral argument in Knoxville, and a virtual oral argument later in the month. Interestingly, the cases represent a wide variety of procedural postures. ...Read More | |||
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Snyder: Prepping for Mediation | 09/15/2023 | |
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| By: Teddy Snyder | |||
| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
| Here are three tips for getting your mediation case ready to go. ...Read More | |||
