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Workers' Compensation News
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Grinberg: 'Knowledge' Can Come Only From QME | 07/16/2018 | |
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| Source: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 211 | 0 | |||
| Your humble blogger brings you the disappointing news of another defeat for the statute of limitations defense. ...Read More | |||
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Gelman: Increased Suicide Rates: Compensability and Prevention | 06/21/2018 | |
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| Source: Jon L. Gelman | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 145 | 0 | |||
| Suicide rates in the United States have risen nearly 30% since 1999, and mental health conditions are one of several factors contributing to suicide, a compensable workers' compensation condition. ...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: Filing Limit Doesn't Turn on 'Knowledge of Industrial Causation' | 06/20/2018 | |
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| Source: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 212 | 0 | |||
| Have you seen the Terry v. Department of Corrections decision (writ denied) originating at the Eureka board? ...Read More | |||
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Gelman: Workers Exposed to Common Paint Strippers Suffer Fatal Reactions | 06/15/2018 | |
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| Source: Jon L. Gelman | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 191 | 0 | |||
| Litigation is advancing against the distributors and resellers of paint strippers containing methylene chloride and N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP). The lawsuits were filed for damages resulting from the alleged exposure, illness and death of users of the products. ...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: 90-Day Presumption Defeats Going-and-Coming Rule | 06/13/2018 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 272 | 1 | |||
| Did you know, before members of the defense community go to sleep, we check underneath our beds for the most terrifying monster of all — the 90-day presumption? ...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: No Ogilvie Rebuttal for Non-Industrial Factors | 06/08/2018 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 392 | 0 | |||
| Today I bring you the panel decision in the case of Sandoval v. Waterproofing Associates. Therein, applicant sustained an injury in 2011 while working as a roofing journeyman, and in 2016 the matter was brought to trial. The injuries were orthopedic in nature. ...Read More | |||
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Goldstein: Effort to Add Transparency to MSP Reporting Information | 06/04/2018 | |
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| By: Jean S. Goldstein | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 264 | 0 | |||
| Recently, Reps. Gus Bilirakis (R-Florida) and Ron Kind (D-Wisconsin) introduced legislation (HR 5881) in the House of Representatives to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act, specifically in an effort to provide for transparency of Medicare Secondary Payer reporting information. ...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: Exoskeletons: The Bane of CTs | 05/21/2018 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 133 | 0 | |||
| I previously wrote a bit about exoskeletons, those robots you practically wear on the outside of your body that help take the load off for heavy or repetitive tasks. ...Read More | |||
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Goldstein: How Medicare's Interests Should Be Considered in Certain Settlements | 05/09/2018 | |
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| Source: Jean S. Goldstein | |||
| State: NE | Segment: Top | 171 | 0 | |||
| The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, through various memorandums and guides, has clearly stated that “[w]hile there are no statutory or regulatory provisions requiring that a (workers’ compensation Medicare set-aside) proposal be submitted to CMS for review, submission of...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: Different Shift/Duties but Same Commute Route = Special Mission | 04/30/2018 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 350 | 0 | |||
| The going and coming rule pops up with some regularity in the workers’ comp world. Monday mornings, in particular, are a very dangerous time to be confronted with the going and coming rule, as workers injured over the weekend seeking to pin the bills and the lost time on an employ...Read More | |||
