Industry Insights
Moore: Physical Therapists as Primary Treatment Providers | 09/20/2021 | ||
By: James Moore | |||
State: ND | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
Workers' comp physical therapists have received a huge amount of good press over the last two months. I had always thought that physical therapists could treat certain injuries from the onset. ...Read More | |||
Tolbert: Most Physicians Fail to Fully Explain Kite | 09/17/2021 | ||
By: Kenneth Tolbert | |||
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
Since the 2013 decision in Athens Administrators v. WCAB (Kite), doctors have found ways of increasing total permanent disability by adding disabilities rather than using the Combined Values Chart (CVC). ...Read More | |||
Rothe-Kushel: Entitlement to TTD: Special Circumstances | 09/16/2021 | ||
By: Brittany H. Rothe-Kushel | |||
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
Temporary total disability seems like a relatively simple wage replacement concept at first glance but can get complicated quickly when one adds terminations, resignations and strikes into the mix. ...Read More | |||
Snyder: Three Reasons Honest Witnesses Tell False Stories | 09/15/2021 | ||
By: Teddy Snyder | |||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
Many cases turn on the recollection of “percipient” or “occurrence” witnesses. These are people who used their senses to see or hear relevant evidence. ...Read More | |||
Grinberg: Subsidizing Rent Sufficient to Establish Partial Dependency | 09/14/2021 | ||
By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
We are more than a month away from Halloween, but that doesn’t stop store displays from going all out on spooky decorations, candy and costumes. In that same spirit, I offer a rather grim panel opinion having to do, of course, with the spookiest of aspect to our beloved swamp...Read More | |||
Grinberg: COVID and Asbestos | 09/13/2021 | ||
By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
I theorized that industrial COVID deaths resulting in transmission to and death of the employee’s family members could possibly follow the path of asbestos and pursue remedies against the employer in civil court rather than ...Read More | |||
Geaney: Employee's Parking Lot Injury Compensable | 09/10/2021 | ||
By: John H. Geaney | |||
State: NJ | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
Cases involving parking lot injuries continue to generate divergent results in the Division of Workers’ Compensation and the Appellate Division. Walker v...Read More | |||
Gelman: Methylene Chloride Remains Fatal Hazard in Workplace | 09/09/2021 | ||
By: Jon L. Gelman | |||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
Exposure to paint strippers containing methylene chloride remains a severe health concern for workers. ...Read More | |||
Moreno: The Census and Eliminating Bias | 09/08/2021 | ||
By: Cynthia Moreno | |||
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
In case you missed it, the 2020 Census data released earlier last month revealed a few not-so-astonishing facts that for Californians have been the norm for quite some time: The United States is becoming more diverse, multiethnic, multiracial and less white. ...Read More | |||
Gelman: Workers' Compensation Benefits for Long COVID | 09/07/2021 | ||
By: Jon L. Gelman | |||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
While the federal expanded benefits are ending for many workers on Labor Day, workers’ compensation benefits are still available for those who have been exposed to COVID at work and contract disease and remain ill from long COVID. ...Read More | |||