Industry Insights
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Grinberg: WCAB Allows Applicant to Self-Administer Over Defense Objections | 08/30/2022 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Imagine you’re in a particular situation: Applicant wants to compromise and release a claim, and neither you nor the applicant can know with certainty what the cost of lifetime medical care will be. Pretty common, right? ...Read More | |||
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Geaney: What Costs, Legal Fees Are Deducted From Lien of Employer or Carrier? | 08/25/2022 | |
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| By: John H. Geaney | |||
| State: NJ | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| One recurring question that adjusters and practitioners are often asked is this: In computing the workers’ compensation lien, does the employee get to reduce the employer’s lien by the amount the injured worker had to pay for costs and expenses in the third-party action? Further, does...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: In-Person Walk-Throughs Are Back | 08/23/2022 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The news I bring today isn’t happy news at all, at least as far as I am concerned. The Department of Industrial Relations has announced the return of in-person walk-throughs, effective Sept. 6 (except in Eureka), and the end of the Lifesize virtual walk-through. ...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: Applicant Fails to Carry Burden on New-and-Further Petition | 07/26/2022 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| I don’t mind sharing with you that not much warms the cold, dark heart of a workers’ compensation defense attorney like the proper application of the statute of limitations. Isn’t it enough to bring a tear to one’s eye? This is particularly the case when a petit...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: Are We Loving the Med-Legal Fee Schedule Yet? | 07/21/2022 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 1 | |||
| Let’s take a look at the current med-legal fee schedule. In a supreme bit of irony, the fee schedule went into effect on April Fools’ Day in 2021. Now that we’ve had it for over a year, what results can we see from this new system? ...Read More | |||
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Geaney: ESA Not a Payment for Disputed Claim | 07/18/2022 | |
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| By: John H. Geaney | |||
| State: NJ | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The case of Donald Servais v. Ocean Wholesale Nursery LLC. presents an unusual legal issue in workers’ compensation. ...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: About That Other SCOTUS Decision ... | 07/11/2022 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Naturally, since June 24, when the United States Supreme Court issued its ruling overturning Roe v. Wade, almost all attention has been focused on that decision, and understandably so. Few issues in American political discourse trigger such strong emotions and such polarizing ...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: Take-Home COVID in Play Again Before Supreme Court | 07/07/2022 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| I hope you aren’t tired of hearing more about COVID-19, because there has been a new development in the Kuciemba case. ...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: Reminder About Defense Burden on Apportionment | 07/05/2022 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Let’s take a moment to look at a panel decision on apportionment. ...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: New Copy Service Regs Are Out | 06/28/2022 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Thank you so much for all the kind applicant attorneys who said “hello” during the California Applicants' Attorneys Association conference in Carlsbad over the weekend. And for those of you kind enough to share your rotten tomatoes and spoiled onions while I was on ...Read More | |||
