Industry Insights
| Does the Duty to Pay TTD Ever End in This State? | 05/28/2009 | ||
| State: IL | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Eugene F. Keefe and Shawn R. BierySynopsis: Does the duty to pay TTD ever end in this state? In this claim, when light duty ended, Petitioner remained entitled to TTD for the full period of layoff by showing a lack of employability through a job search. Further, the award of penalties...Read More | |||
| Dear Santa | 05/23/2009 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Julius Young(Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, clad solely in jockey shorts, kneels on the rug in his Pacific Palisades bedroom, looking out the window). Muttering to himself, his consciousness streams and riffs with his heaving chest....Santa, Dear Santa, I need you now. Ne...Read More | |||
| DWC Seeks Revised Penalty Regulations | 04/04/2009 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Alan LenoThe California Department of Workers' Compensation has submitted revised penalty regulations to the Office of Administrative Law for review and approval; final approval is expected by early April. These regulations impose significant administrative penal...Read More | |||
| Dead Man Walking | 12/24/2008 | ||
| State: IL | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Eugene F. Keefe and Shawn R. BierySynopsis: We report one of the more bizarre appellate rulings of our legal careers as defense lawyers, court watchers and law professors.Editor’s comment: The lead case we report this week is incredible. Like the ruling in Ming Au...Read More | |||
| Doing A Big File Review Can Cost Your Company | 09/10/2008 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| By James MooreOur clients often ask us if a meeting with the workers' comp claims adjuster on all files is a good idea. As I have posted recently in the past few blogs, it is a good idea to be very prepared before the file review. The adjusters reserves are being reviewed, but the ot...Read More | |||
| Docs, Please Hold the Retrospectoscope | 06/17/2008 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Julius YoungDoc, please hold that retrospectoscope.One thing I like about being in doctor's offices to take depositions is seeing some of the tools of the trade. Modern medical technology is amazing.If you'd like to see some really strange futuristic to...Read More | |||
| Don't create workers' comp gravy train for firefighters. | 11/14/2007 | ||
| State: MI | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By the Detroit News editorial boardState Rep. Steve Tobocman doesn't hesitate when asked who is behind proposed legislation that practically guarantees workers' compensation payments to firefighters who are stricken with certain illnesses: The firefighters' union, the House m...Read More | |||
| Did Workers' Comp Reform Go Too Far? | 10/10/2007 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Alan J. Wax California employees have borne the entire brunt of the Governor's 2004 Workers' Compensation Reform (SB899). Studies by state agencies confirm that the benefits have been reduced by 50 to 70 percent. Even the U.S. Chambers of Commerce reports that California's...Read More | |||
| Delphi goes fishing -- and is harpooned by the EEOC. | 10/10/2007 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| --By John Coppelman Delphi, the auto parts maker working its way through bankruptcy, has a new problem. The U. S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ...Read More | |||
| Doctor's Orders, Not Medical Basis, Still Work Comp Standard | 09/22/2007 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By John O'Brien The Delaware Supreme Court recently held a doctor's no work order is good enough for a workers' compensation claimant to receive total disability benefits, even if no medical basis is shown for it. Shirley Smith was originally denied those benefits because she...Read More | |||
