Industry Insights
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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 | |||
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Moore: 2020 Workers' Comp Resolutions: Starting With a Clean Slate | 12/16/2019 | |
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| By: James Moore | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Your 2020 workers' comp resolutions begin with the obvious: Start the list now in late 2019. I usually build off the previous years’ lists. ...Read More | |||
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Geaney: Avoiding Compensable Holiday Party Accidents | 12/13/2019 | |
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| By: John H. Geaney | |||
| State: NJ | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| We are in holiday season. John H. Ge...Read More | |||
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Duff: More Injuries in Amazon's 'Safe America' | 12/12/2019 | |
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| By: Michael C. Duff | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| One reason it is hard to bamboozle me on the true state of working America is that before I became a lawyer, and then a law professor, I did 15 years of hard labor in working America. ...Read More | |||
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Tihin: Combat Unreasonable Travel Time on LC 5710 Fee Requests | 12/11/2019 | |
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| By: George B. Tihin | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 1 | |||
| A 33-year-old panel decision is useful in knocking down unreasonable requests for Labor Code 5710 fees by faraway applicants' attorneys opting not to hire a local contract attorney to take a deposition. ...Read More | |||
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Castillo: Hands in the Cookie Jar | 12/10/2019 | |
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| By: Michael Castillo | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The hits keep coming for gig economy employers who continue to do everything they can to turn a profit while denying adequate pay and safety net benefits to their workers. ...Read More | |||
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Gill: Is it QMEs' Responsibility to Determine Whether Their Training Allows Evaluation? | 12/09/2019 | |
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| By: Jaskaran S. Gill | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| We have all learned the importance of obtaining a qualified medical examiner in a desirable specialty before an applicant's attorney seeks a more liberal panel in chiropractic medicine or other less desirable specialty. However, occasionally, the applicant’s counsel is able to win the d...Read More | |||
