Workers' Compensation News
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Focus on Opioids
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10/30/2014
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By: Julius Young
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State: NA | Segment: Top | 696 | 0
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The California Division of Workers’ Compensation has yet to unveil opioid guidelines, though a draft was circulated for public comment in April.
The DWC isn’t the only California agency working on the topic.
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Florida Case Law Update
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10/23/2014
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Source: WCC Staff
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State: FL | Segment: Top | 566 | 0
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NEW! Panzer Law v. Palm Beach County School District, 1D14-0908, (10/13/2014): The failure of an employer and its insurance carrier to seek dismissal of a petition for benefits on the basis tha...Read More
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Five Ways to Improve Work Safety for our Adolescents
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09/29/2014
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State: NA | Segment: Top | 551 | 0
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Editor's note: This is Part 2 of a series on adolescent work injuries.
Twenty million kids below the age of 18 are at work, almost all part-time, mostly in fairly safe employment. Federal and state laws bar them from the more hazardous jobs (such as mining) and tasks (such as...Read More
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Five Tips for Managing the Exceptional Claim
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04/17/2014
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By: Will Smith
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State: NA | Segment: | 504 | 0
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Good claims management is all about anticipating and avoiding the unexpected and managing the situation to a positive outcome. It's about recognizing the signs that a case may be morphing into a crisis, noticing the waves receding before the tsunami, observing the silence and realizing that a storm ...Read More
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Frivolous FEHA Action Costs Employee $100,000
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04/10/2014
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By: Ameneh K. Ernst
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State: CA | Segment: | 464 | 0
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Robert v. Stanford University, H037514 (Feb. 25, 2014): The California Court of Appeal recently affirmed an award of $100,000 in attorneys’ fees to a prevailing employer in a case where a former employee brou...Read More
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False Buzz: App. Attorneys Do Not Make a Case more Expensive
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02/21/2014
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State: CA | Segment: | 517 | 0
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There’s some talk online of how horrible it is to have a litigated case – the California Workers' Compensation Institute has a study out that would have you believe the presence of an applicant’s attorney will dramatically inflate a workers’ compensation claim’s cos...Read More
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February Case Law Update
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02/06/2014
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State: CA | Segment: | 993 | 0
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JURISDICTION AND SUBROGATIONIn KS Industries, LP v. WCAB (Brock), 2013 Cal. Wrk. Comp. LEXIS 192 (writ denied), the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board held that it had jurisdiction over an injury occurring in North Dakota even though the employer argued that the acceptance of the em...Read More
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Fighting over Fee Schedules
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02/05/2014
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State: WI | Segment: | 396 | 0
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Referencing a new draft bill in Wisconsin seeking to establish a medical fee schedule for workers’ compensation, Mark M. Grapentine, a senior vice president of government relations for the Wisconsin Medical Society, ...Read More
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Form and Function of the Supreme Court's Rule 23 Order
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01/31/2014
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By: Arik D. Hetue
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State: IL | Segment: | 439 | 0
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You have heard us discuss what we feel is the dreaded Rule 23 gag or “unpublished” Illinois Appellate Court order in the past with some harsh criticism, but most of the time, and especially in recent courtroom opinions, we feel it is used the right way. We provide a little detail over on...Read More
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Finding and Using the Domino Issue
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12/23/2013
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State: FL | Segment: | 519 | 0
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Success can be hard to define in workers' compensation. There are often a myriad of issues presented in a dispute. Compared to a civil personal injury case, workers' compensation claims are often more complex and offer challenges that are simply not presented in other conflicts.A...Read More
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