Industry Insights
| E/Cs can Seek Reimbursement of Costs of Depositions and IMEs | 04/19/2011 | ||
| By: Michael Rabinowitz | |||
| State: FL | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Michael RabinowitzBanker Lopez GasslerWhile the courts still have not found a way for an employer/carrier to collect an Order to Tax Costs, the litigation continues as to whether an E/C has a right to tax costs. In the latest case, the 1st District Court of App...Read More | |||
| Ex Parte Communication Disqualifies Medical Examiner | 04/18/2011 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| By Tamar Hawk and Seema SavurGrancell, Lebovitz, Stander, Reubens and ThomasA 100% disability stipulation was entered into for an industrial injury to Francisca Apparicio with open future medical care.The applicant’s husband filed a lien for home health care servi...Read More | |||
| Ergonomics: A Necessary Consideration for California Employers | 11/23/2010 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Zachary H. SacksSacks & ZolonzToday's workers' compensation defense post will explore how the proper implementation of an ergonomics plan can greatly reduce common injuries suffered by employees in office settings.Visit any office in the state of Californ...Read More | |||
| Emotional Distress Claim Viable Despite Exclusive Remedy | 10/29/2010 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Tred EyerlyDamon Key Leong Kupchak Hastert Today's post departs slightly from insurance coverage matters, but is related to a prior post discussing the pursuit of intentional torts against insurers administering claims under the Longshore Harbor and Workers' Compen...Read More | |||
| Employee Must Request Accommodation to Trigger Interactive Process | 07/28/2010 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Richard M. "Jake" JacobsmeyerShaw, Jacobsmeyer, Crain, Claffey & NixThe 4th District Court of Appeals has reversed a six-figure award for employment discrimination in a Fair Employment and Housing Act claim arising from a work-related injury to a water plant treatment worker...Read More | |||
| Exclusivity Doctrine Shields Employer in Mesothelioma Claim | 04/14/2010 | ||
| By: Jon Gelman | |||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Jon GelmanA federal Judge, who is managing the multi-district asbestos litigation, has ruled that the exclusivity doctrine defeats the application of the dual capacity doctrine where the manufacturer's corporation was merged into the employer's corporation. The emp...Read More | |||
| E/C Cannot Tax Costs for Winning a Few Days of TTD | 04/12/2010 | ||
| By: Michael Rabinowitz | |||
| State: FL | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Michael RabinowitzBanker Lopez GasslerFile this one under obvious decisions: Claimant asserts temporary partial disability benefits for a four month period. The employer/carrier asserts that claimant is not entitled to any temporary partial disability payments since he vol...Read More | |||
| Employer Still Has Right to Choose Doctor | 12/17/2009 | ||
| By: Michael Rabinowitz | |||
| State: FL | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Michael RabinowitzWith the release of the recent Parodi decision, I lamented the risk employer/carriers take when they deny claims, specifically medical claims. With Parodi, a claimant can just obtain an treatments from an unauthorized physician, and if the treatment is proven t...Read More | |||
| Exclusive Remedy for Losing Your Face? | 12/11/2009 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Jon CoppelmanUsually employers try to prove that someone is not an employee, in order to avoid the workers comp liability. (Think "independent contractor.") Today we examine a truly horrific case where the employer is desperate to establish compensability under workers comp, so that a...Read More | |||
| Ebilling and State Reporting: Are you Prepared? | 11/23/2009 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Kevin TriboutNudging the workers’ compensation marketplace into the twenty-first century, state regulators have either moved forward with or are developing mandates for electronic reporting of medical claims data. Given activity in three key states, it appears that ebilling requ...Read More | |||
