Industry Insights
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Grinberg: State Supreme Court Rules on 'Bag Check' Time at Work | 02/25/2020 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Have you ever mentioned to someone that you are in the world of workers’ compensation, only to be peppered by employment law questions? Well, get ready for a little bit of that. ...Read More | |||
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Geaney: Transportation Issues in Workers' Compensation | 02/24/2020 | |
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| By: John H. Geaney | |||
| State: NJ | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Adjusters and employers familiar with other state workers’ compensation laws are often surprised to find out that the New Jersey Workers’ Compensation Act contains no statute requiring employers to pay for transportation costs to get employees to medical appointments, and no mileage r...Read More | |||
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Geaney: Questions Remain on Which Cases Are Affected by New Hand and Foot Bill | 02/14/2020 | |
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| By: John H. Geaney | |||
| State: NJ | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The recently passed legislation L. 2019, C. 387, increasing the value of hand and foot injuries in New Jersey, has genera...Read More | |||
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Gelman: New OSHA Silica Standard Not Strong Enough | 02/10/2020 | |
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| By: Jon L. Gelman | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Silica exposure was the catalyst that brought occupational diseases in the state workers’ compensation acts in the 1950s. In an effort to shield employers from civil liability, silicosis was incorporated as a compensable condition under the capped damage system of state workers’ compe...Read More | |||
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Geaney: Medical Providers Win in Supreme Court on Statute of Limitations Issue | 02/06/2020 | |
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| By: John H. Geaney | |||
| State: NJ | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| In New Jersey, a medical provider dispute arising from a work injury can only be filed in the Division of Workers’ Compensation ever since 2012. ...Read More | |||
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Gelman: Is Workers' Comp Ready for Coronavirus? | 01/30/2020 | |
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| By: Jon L. Gelman | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| It seems that every decade a new pandemic emerges on the world scene and complacency continues to exist in the workers’ compensation arena to meet the emerging challenges of infectious disease. ...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: Resignation Kills Civil Suit | 01/28/2020 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 1 | |||
| California workers’ compensation can often make us sad, but there’s so much reason to rejoice, especially when, on those rare occasions, the stars align, the tea leaves land in just the right way and just for a split second, the world makes sense again. ...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: Snipers, Deputies and Fraud | 01/23/2020 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Some readers may recall an HBO cop drama called “The Wire.” The show focused mostly on the difficulty of prosecuting a drug war in Baltimore against the backdrop of organized crime, poverty, corruption and complacency among career city and state employees. ...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: Calculating AWW in the Gig Economy | 01/07/2020 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| I'm well aware that with Assembly Bill 5 we might see the last days of Uber and Lyft — you know, those ventures that brought extra money and flexibility to drivers while making the rate of DUIs plummet in every city where they operated. ...Read More | |||
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Geaney: First WC Appellate Opinion on Opioid Use Approved for Publication | 12/27/2019 | |
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| Source: John H. Geaney | |||
| State: NJ | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The case of Martin v. Newark Public Schools was the subject of an earlier blog (Oct. 7). At the time of that blog, the case had not been approved for publication. ...Read More | |||
