Industry Insights
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Langham: Collateral Estoppel | 01/08/2020 | |
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| By: David Langham | |||
| State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| A vexing legal concept is the requirement for trials to be conclusions. ...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: Calculating AWW in the Gig Economy | 01/07/2020 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| I'm well aware that with Assembly Bill 5 we might see the last days of Uber and Lyft — you know, those ventures that brought extra money and flexibility to drivers while making the rate of DUIs plummet in every city where they operated. ...Read More | |||
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Geaney: First WC Appellate Opinion on Opioid Use Approved for Publication | 12/27/2019 | |
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| Source: John H. Geaney | |||
| State: NJ | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The case of Martin v. Newark Public Schools was the subject of an earlier blog (Oct. 7). At the time of that blog, the case had not been approved for publication. ...Read More | |||
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Langham: A Conversation on Credibility | 12/26/2019 | |
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| By: David Langham | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| A recent seminar afforded me the opportunity to engage in an intriguing conversation with a physician. The topic was witness credibility and the physician's desire to better understand what impacts a judge's perspective. ...Read More | |||
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Nissim: I Want a Second Opinion �?� and Maybe a Third Opinion, Too | 12/24/2019 | |
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| By: Nathan E. Nissim | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Sometimes even the best applicants’ attorneys are confronted with primary treating physician opinions that can be quite detrimental to their client, such as when that physician gives a nonindustrial diagnosis and discharge from care. ...Read More | |||
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Anders: Tower's MSP Compliance Countdown | 12/23/2019 | |
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| By: Dan Anders | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| As we come to the end of 2019, put on your party hats, toot your horns and clink your champagne glasses as we introduce Tower’s MSP Compliance Countdown. ...Read More | |||
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Castillo: Time to Fix the Problem | 12/20/2019 | |
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| By: Michael Castillo | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Coming on the heels of the California State Auditor's recent report detailing the lack of qualified medical evaluators in the state workers' compensation system and its impact on injured workers, t...Read More | |||
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Paduda: How'd I Do With 2019 Work Comp Predictions? | 12/19/2019 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Each year I make predictions about what the work comp world will do in the coming dozen months. Here’s how that went in 2019. (Spoiler alert: The ball was a bit cloudy last January.) ...Read More | |||
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Young: Always Under the Microscope | 12/18/2019 | |
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| By: Julius Young | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| California’s workers’ comp system is always under the microscope, and 2019 has been no different, with a stream of studies released during the year. ...Read More | |||
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Gelman: Top N.J. Workers' Compensation Decisions of 2019 | 12/17/2019 | |
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| By: Jon L. Gelman | |||
| State: NJ | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| It has been an active 2019 for workers’ compensation decisions in New Jersey. There have been two New Jersey Supreme Court opinions and three reported Appellate Court opinions that are noteworthy. ...Read More | |||
