Workers' Compensation News
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Calling a Dog's Tail a Leg Does not Make it a Leg
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09/17/2014
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By: Julie Ferguson
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State: NA | Segment: Top | 556 | 0
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Through the years, we've devoted a few dozen posts about the issue of FedEx and its drivers. Here's the issue in a nutshell: FedEx thinks its ground drivers are independent contractors and the drivers generally disagree.
For the 11 years we've been blogging, this issue has bee...Read More
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Cross-Examining Shrinks; Leckart's 1st Rule
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09/16/2014
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By: Dr. Bruce Leckart
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State: NA | Segment: Top | 524 | 0
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There are many times when plaintiff and applicant attorneys, as well as defense attorneys, believe that a psychologist or a psychiatrist has severely under- or over-estimated a claimant’s psychopathology and/or psychiatric disability. For the past six years I have been assisting attorneys i...Read More
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Court Holds Exclusive Remedy Facially Unconstitutional
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08/20/2014
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By: David Langham
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State: NA | Segment: Top | 627 | 0
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For some reason, I have found myself thinking of great comedians this week (veiled reference to the loss of one of America's greatest last Sunday). I am always a fan of those that make me laugh. One that came to mind yesterday afternoon is Jim Carrey and his portrayal of the Grinch in Ron How...Read More
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Compound Medications: A Killer Scam
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07/10/2014
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State: NA | Segment: | 1028 | 0
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Compound drug use is exploding – so much so that Texas has changed their employee benefits program to limit reimbursement to $300. They didn’t have much choice, as the Te...Read More
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COA: At-Home 'General Fitness' Exercise Energy Compensable
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07/09/2014
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State: CA | Segment: | 493 | 0
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Your humble blogger, before he hung out his own proverbial shingle and opened his own literal office, had the privilege of working for another law firm. One requirement of continued employment was a valid California Bar license, and one requirement of a valid California Bar license was keeping up wi...Read More
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Curiouser and Curiouser
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06/16/2014
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State: NA | Segment: | 550 | 0
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Santa Clara County and Orange County in California have filed a lawsuit against Purdue Pharma, The Purdue Frederick company, Teva Pharmaceuticals, Cephalon, Johnson and Johnson, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Endo Health Solutions, Activis PLC, and "does 1 through 100, inclusive." The 100-page lawsuit is ...Read More
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Cavalry (May Be) en Route on Dubon Issue
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06/05/2014
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State: CA | Segment: | 576 | 0
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Put down that pen! Step off that ledge! Do not cave in on that medical treatment dispute!From the looks of it, the Dubon matter may have a new twist in the works – the WCAB recently granted reco...Read More
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Coingate: The Gift that Keeps on Giving
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05/06/2014
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State: OH | Segment: | 392 | 0
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Imagine, for a moment, that you hold the lofty position of inspector general for a major Midwest state. Imagine further that down the road and around the corner, before your time, way back in 2005, gross malfeasance and criminal activity happened in your state's Bureau of Workers' Compensati...Read More
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Catastrophic Injuries
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03/20/2014
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By: Paul E. Pfeifer
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State: OH | Segment: | 966 | 0
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Dean Sziraki was employed in his family’s paving business when his world came crashing in on May 14, 1991. That day, while in the course of his work, he was injured in a one-car accident that resulted in catastrophic brain and spinal-cord injuries.He spent the next 16 years as a qu...Read More
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