Industry Insights
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Langham: Rude Behavior Only Begets Regret | 06/17/2020 | |
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| By: David Langham | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| A recent WorkCompCentral article caught my attention: "Fed Up With Rude Behavior to Sta...Read More | |||
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Duff: No Wonder They Want Immunity | 06/16/2020 | |
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| By: Michael C. Duff | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| As I read through Michael Grabell, Claire Perlman and Bernice Yeung’s ...Read More | |||
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Young: Bark or Bite? | 06/15/2020 | |
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| By: Julius Young | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| One of the latest turns in the tussle over Assembly Bill 5 between California policymakers and Uber and Lyft is the action of the California Public Utilities Commission. ...Read More | |||
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Salem: Board Opinion Allows MIRR Evaluation to Proceed | 06/12/2020 | |
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| By: Jane Salem | |||
| State: TN | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| When a party requests an evaluation from the state Medical Impairment Rating Registry, the opposing party can’t object on the basis that the party manufactured a dispute over the rating by hiring an expert to perform a records review. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: Work Comp Is Worried About the Wrong Thing | 06/11/2020 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| I'm finishing up the second survey report on the impact of COVID-19 on workers’ comp, and one takeaway has me shaking my head. ...Read More | |||
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Snyder: Change Your Approach to Change Your Result | 06/10/2020 | |
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| By: Teddy Snyder | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Having trouble concentrating? Affected by shelter-in-place orders to contain the COVID-19, overlaid with curfews activated by civil unrest following the death of George Floyd? Join the club. ...Read More | |||
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Torrey: WC Policy Rescission Actions Shouldn't Be Permitted at All | 06/09/2020 | |
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| By: David B. Torrey | |||
| State: PA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| In a non-precedential decision, the United States Court of Appeals, 3rd Circuit, has affirmed a district court ruling dismissing a workers’ compensation carr...Read More | |||
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Zachry: Sub Rosa in WC Claims | 06/08/2020 | |
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| By: Bill Zachry | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| During the time of virus, there is an increased opportunity to effectively use sub rosa to impact the outcome of workers' compensation claims. ...Read More | |||
| Langham: Attorney Fee Legislation | 06/05/2020 | ||
| By: David Langham | |||
| State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| During the 2020 legislative session, I had multiple people mention their happiness that attorney fees were not on the agenda. There have been multiple discussions of attorney fees in workers' compensation since the Supreme Court imposed its reasonableness standard, which the Court originally ...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: WCAB, Call Me! | 06/04/2020 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The Workers' Compensation Appeals Board announced last week that the telephonic appearance procedures will continue through the month of June. Electronic filing will continue as well. ...Read More | |||
