Industry Insights
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Friedman: Strategies for Defense of Post-Layoff CT Claims in the Coronavirus Era | 04/01/2020 | |
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| By: Heywood G. Friedman | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| It is an anticipated, unfortunate consequence of the COVID-19 health crisis that many employers in California will soon lay off a significant quantity of their workforce. Layoffs in the range of 80% are estimated in the retail, hospitality and construction fields. ...Read More | |||
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Luna: Coping With COVID-19 | 03/31/2020 | |
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| By: Carlos Luna | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| It’s been 60 days since the International Health Regulations Emergency Committee of the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the COVID-19 outbreak a “public health emergency of international concern.” Since then, media coverage and general societal discussion have ...Read More | |||
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Weinmann: Coronavirus vs. QMEs | 03/30/2020 | |
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| By: Robert Weinmann | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Our office, designated to do a panel qualified medical evaluation, ran into a plethora of unexpected complications on a recent case. ...Read More | |||
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Young: Video Evals During the Coronavirus Emergency | 03/27/2020 | |
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| By: Julius Young | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Qualified medical evaluations are part of the essential plumbing of the California workers’ comp system. If that plumbing gets too backed up, we have a major mess on our hands. ...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: LAPD Officer's Fraud Taints Convictions | 03/26/2020 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| I’ve got a bittersweet item to report. A former Los Angeles Police Department officer, Michael Simon, of Redondo Beach, pleaded no contest to grand theft and insurance fraud. ...Read More | |||
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Duff: Reporting to Work During Pandemic as Special Mission | 03/25/2020 | |
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| By: Michael C. Duff | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| I have great concern that the end of the pandemic will be rife with confusing politics. No sitting president wants a paralyzed economy leading into the election for a second term. ...Read More | |||
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Snyder: Mediation Is Critical Right Now | 03/24/2020 | |
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| By: Teddy Snyder | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Courts are closed. Attorneys and claims professionals are working from home as best they can. But disputes continue. ...Read More | |||
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Swecker: Claim Processing Implications for COVID-19 | 03/23/2020 | |
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| By: Allyson Swecker | |||
| State: OR | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| As our Oregon workers’ compensation industry navigates the impact of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), Reinisch Wilson Weier PC is providing the following starting points to help you review and process COVID-19-related workers’ compensation claims. ...Read More | |||
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Zachry: Top Cost Drivers in the Workers' Compensation System | 03/20/2020 | |
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| By: Bill Zachry | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Here's my list of the top cost drivers in the workers' compensation system (in my order of importance): ...Read More | |||
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Langham: Reminders on Prejudice | 03/19/2020 | |
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| By: David Langham | |||
| State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The Florida 1st District Court recently granted rehearing and provided an explanation of its decision to affirm a judge of compensation claims in 2K South Beach Hotel LLC v. Mustelie...Read More | |||
