Industry Insights
Geaney: Consequences for Failure to Use Protective Devices Under COVID-19 Policies | 05/05/2020 | ||
By: John H. Geaney | |||
State: NJ | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
I had a recent discussion in relation to an upcoming COVID-19 webinar with former Supervising Judge of Compensation Ray. A. Farrington, who sat in Hackensack. Farrington raised an important question about what employers can do when employees ignore safety rules concerning COVID-19 in respect...Read More | |||
Geaney: Enhanced Legal Presumptions Do Not Make Sense For Pandemic-Related Claims | 04/30/2020 | ||
By: John H. Geaney | |||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
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Grinberg: COVID-19 Presumption for Fire, Police and Health Care Workers | 04/28/2020 | ||
By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
State: CA | Segment: Top | 1 | |||
Here we are, watching with bated breath as we wait to see what happens to the residents of states opening up in the face of looming coronavirus threats. Will it all be OK? Will there be massive spikes in coronavirus cases and deaths? ...Read More | |||
Grinberg: COVID-19 Presumption Revisited | 04/21/2020 | ||
State: CA | Segment: Top | 1 | |||
COVID-19 has had quite an impact on attending hearings before the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board. ...Read More | |||
Gelman: Workers' Compensation and the New Virtual Reality | 04/10/2020 | ||
By: Jon L. Gelman | |||
State: NJ | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
The COVID-19 pandemic has abruptly changed how hearings will be conducted before the New Jersey Division of Workers Compensation. ...Read More | |||
Geaney: Preventive Actions Do Not Trigger Temporary Disability Benefits | 04/07/2020 | ||
By: John H. Geaney | |||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
Let me begin with a correction to a prior blog. ...Read More | |||
Goldstein: Will Expansion of Telehealth Lead to More Conditional Payments? | 04/02/2020 | ||
Source: Jean S. Goldstein | |||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
In 2019, Medicare started covering some virtual care services. The services included brief communications and Virtual Check-Ins (short patient-initiated communications with a health care practitioner) along with e-visits (non-face-to-face patient-initiated communications through an online patient...Read More | |||
Grinberg: LAPD Officer's Fraud Taints Convictions | 03/26/2020 | ||
By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
I’ve got a bittersweet item to report. A former Los Angeles Police Department officer, Michael Simon, of Redondo Beach, pleaded no contest to grand theft and insurance fraud. ...Read More | |||
Geaney: Court Permits Plaintiff to Proceed With Suit Over Medical Marijuana | 03/17/2020 | ||
By: John H. Geaney | |||
State: NJ | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
Justin Wild, a licensed funeral director, was diagnosed in 2015 with cancer and was prescribed marijuana under the New Jersey Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act. ...Read More | |||
Geaney: Why It's Important to Understand Legal Causation | 03/06/2020 | ||
By: John H. Geaney | |||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
The concept of legal causation is fundamental to master in handling claims. ...Read More | |||