Industry Insights
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Espinoza: The Ups and Downs of Sitting, Standing | 06/26/2018 | |
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| By: Kathy Espinoza | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Alternating between sitting and standing throughout the workday has a positive impact on our physical and emotional energy, and moods. It’s important to know that even small amounts of standing, stretching and walking during the day can have a positive impact: Even one hour of reduced sitti...Read More | |||
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Keefe: I Can't Figure Out the Rules | 06/25/2018 | |
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| By: Eugene Keefe | |||
| State: IL | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| In Lampert v. Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission, et al. (Ferrell Hospital, Appellee), facts of the event are simple: Petitioner was a registered nurse for Ferrell Hospital. On...Read More | |||
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Gelman: Increased Suicide Rates: Compensability and Prevention | 06/21/2018 | |
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| Source: Jon L. Gelman | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Suicide rates in the United States have risen nearly 30% since 1999, and mental health conditions are one of several factors contributing to suicide, a compensable workers' compensation condition. ...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: Filing Limit Doesn't Turn on 'Knowledge of Industrial Causation' | 06/20/2018 | |
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| Source: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Have you seen the Terry v. Department of Corrections decision (writ denied) originating at the Eureka board? ...Read More | |||
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Duff: Why Quid Pro Quo Unconstitutionality Arguments Work Better in Some States Than Others | 06/19/2018 | |
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| By: Michael C. Duff | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Quid pro quo arguments resonate more forcefully in Kansas and Florida than in many other states, and there is a state constitutional doctrinal reason why this is so. ...Read More | |||
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Weinmann: When Carriers Ignore Judges' Orders | 06/18/2018 | |
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| By: Robert Weinmann | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 3 | |||
| When can insurance companies ignore judge's orders? Anytime they want to it appears. The following is a case example. ...Read More | |||
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Gelman: Workers Exposed to Common Paint Strippers Suffer Fatal Reactions | 06/15/2018 | |
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| Source: Jon L. Gelman | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Litigation is advancing against the distributors and resellers of paint strippers containing methylene chloride and N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP). The lawsuits were filed for damages resulting from the alleged exposure, illness and death of users of the products. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: Drug Rebates, Technology and What's Next | 06/14/2018 | |
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| Source: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Two years ago, brand-drug manufacturers paid out $127 billion in rebates, and other discounts and fees. ...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: 90-Day Presumption Defeats Going-and-Coming Rule | 06/13/2018 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 1 | |||
| Did you know, before members of the defense community go to sleep, we check underneath our beds for the most terrifying monster of all — the 90-day presumption? ...Read More | |||
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Torrey: Identifying the Source of Recent Constitutional Challenges | 06/12/2018 | |
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| By: David B. Torrey | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| In a new article, the articulate chair of the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission discusses the unprecedented number of constitutional challenges we have seen the last two years or so surrounding state worker...Read More | |||
