Industry Insights
| Document Articular Cartilage Damage When Rating Impairment of the Knee | 09/22/2007 | ||
| By: Dr. Craig M. Uejo | |||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Dr. Craig M. Uejo This is the next article in a series written to assist evaluators in their use and interpretation of The AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment, Fifth Edition (Cocchiarella L, Anderson G, AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment, Fifth Editi...Read More | |||
| Don't Mess with Our BBQ | 09/22/2007 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Julius Young We really, really want that BBQ! Better not file your comp claim! If you file your claim the store won't make its safety incentives. And your fellow workers won't be getting that BBQ and other perks. You definitely won't be winning the Mr. Popularity award. And forget abo...Read More | |||
| Disability Management Rules: 'Papa's Got A Brand New Bag' | 06/16/2007 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Robert R. Graves Under Section 413.011 of the Texas Labor Code, the Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers' Compensation (DWC), was required to adopt reimbursement policies and guidelines, including return-to-work guidelines and treatment guidelines. To that end, the DWC h...Read More | |||
| Decisions From Around the Office | 06/02/2007 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Michael E. Rusin Dan Egan obtained an excellent result on behalf of Travelers Insurance Company in the case of Bulmaro Vilchis v. Aubrey Mfg., 01 WC 52928, 03 WC 18181. Petitioner claimed a specific trauma October 30, 2000 and a repetitive trauma July 9, 2001 allegedly causing a...Read More | |||
| Doctor's Orders, Not Medical Basis, Still Work Comp Standard | 06/02/2007 | ||
| 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 | |||
| Don't Strain Yourself | 05/19/2007 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Josh Cable To the layperson, sprains and strains probably seem like small potatoes. Of all the calamities that life could visit upon a person, an ankle sprain might seem like a minor scrape in the grand scheme of things. Safety professionals, however, know that sprains and ...Read More | |||
| Duty to Defend Can Be Triggered by Facts Outside of Complaint | 04/21/2007 | ||
| By: Larry Rogak | |||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Larry Rogak NWL Holdings Inc. v. Discover Property & Casualty Insurance Co., 05-CV-3499, NYLJ 04/09/07 (USDC - EDNY) (Hurley, j) Plaintiff NWL Holdings, Inc. (d/b/a National Wholesale Liquidators) moved for an Order, pursuant to Rule 56, (1) declaring that defendant Discover...Read More | |||
| Definition of a Normal State | 04/21/2007 | ||
| By: Dr. Christopher R. Brigham | |||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Dr. Christopher Brigham What is Normal? First we must know the working definition of 'normal' as outlined in the Guides (5th ed.,2): "range or zone representing healthy functioning." Impairment is present when this normal state is altered. The Guides offer the fol...Read More | |||
| Death, Be Not Proud: Benefits Continue | 03/24/2007 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Jessica l. Julian The Delaware Supreme Court recently addressed whether certain permanency and death benefits survive when the deceased employee's spouse dies. In Estate of Charles Watts, and Estate of Verna Watts v. Blue Hen Insulation, 902 A.2d 1079 (Del.2006), the Court provi...Read More | |||
| Diagnosis: Fraud | 03/24/2007 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Tom Reitze This claim was based on a supposed workplace incident and trauma so severe that our traumatized claimant could not work at all, and filed for financial relief courtesy of the Worker's Compensation carrier. According to her claim the incident had caused her to not be able to ...Read More | |||
