Industry Insights
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Fein: Visions of Safety and Pictures of Success | 04/02/2019 | |
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| Source: Lewis Fein | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Sight is the savior of the insurance industry. Lew...Read More | |||
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Young: A Sordid Tale | 04/01/2019 | |
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| Source: Julius Young | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| With last Tuesday’s release of a report by California State Auditor Elaine Howle, lingering questions have now been answered about the sudden 2018 departure of Christine Baker from her post as director of the California Department of Industrial Relations. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: Why Are California's Work Comp Costs so High? | 03/29/2019 | |
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| Source: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Why are California's workers' comp costs so high? A few possible contributors: ...Read More | |||
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Duff: New National Employment Law Project Report on the Gig Economy | 03/28/2019 | |
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| By: Michael C. Duff | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| As I have been arguing for years, the gig economy is not the exception, it is "the plan." ...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: Revisiting Utilization Review and Temporary Disability | 03/27/2019 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| I was talking workers’ comp as I often do (and all the cool kids always do) when someone offered an opinion: Utilization review denial of further treatment does not preclude a finding of temporary disability benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Wickert: High Court Applies Nebraska Law in Conflict-of-Law Case | 03/26/2019 | |
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| By: Gary L. Wickert | |||
| State: AZ | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| One year ago, the Arizona Court of Appeals announced that A.R.S. § 23-1023 was not a statute of limitations under state law, with regard to the requirement that an employee must file a third-party action within the first year after an accident or obtain a “reassignment” from the ...Read More | |||
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Fish: High Court Upholds Record-Setting Retaliatory Discharge Verdict | 03/25/2019 | |
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| Source: Mike Fish | |||
| State: AL | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| On March 1, the Alabama Supreme Court issued its opinion regarding the largest retaliatory discharge jury verdict ever recorded in the state. ...Read More | |||
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Gunn: Real or Fake? Revealing Workers' Compensation Fraud | 03/22/2019 | |
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| Source: Stacey Gunn | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Security cameras in a company cafeteria recently captured a brazen attempt to fake a workers’ compensation injury. ...Read More | |||
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Uribarri: Settlement Alternatives for Claims Involving Medicare Beneficiaries | 03/21/2019 | |
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| By: Zane P. Uribarri | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| What are your options when an Medicare set-aside has derailed your settlement discussions or complicated resolution of a claim with a Medicare beneficiary? ...Read More | |||
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Kamin: Is That Lien Stayed? | 03/20/2019 | |
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| Source: John P. Kamin | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Keeping track of which lien claims are stayed or subject to special lien proceedings is a full-time job, thanks to the plethora of criminal proceedings in California. ...Read More | |||
