Industry Insights
Geaney: Practical Advice in Defending COVID-19 Claim Petitions | 11/17/2021 | ||
By: John H. Geaney | |||
State: NJ | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
Many claim petitions have been filed in the Division of Workers’ Compensation seeking awards of permanent partial and total disability, as well as dependency benefits arising from exposure to COVID-19. ...Read More | |||
Grinberg: Automation's Effect on Comp | 11/15/2021 | ||
By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
I just can’t help but share another cool new piece of technology that is so nifty, it’s likely the sign of yet another shrinking of the workers’ comp world. After all, the more automation and the fewer jobs around that result in injury, the fewer files for us all to a...Read More | |||
Groothuyzen: Critical Deadlines Under Emergency Regulations CCR 36.7 and 46.2 | 11/11/2021 | ||
By: Zack E. Groothuyzen | |||
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
I don’t know what your educational experience was like, but during my childhood, I vividly recall many of my student peers waiting until the last minute to turn in assignments. ...Read More | |||
George and Walls: The Bigger Picture of COVID-19 Data | 11/03/2021 | ||
By: Kimberly George and Mark Walls | |||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
In February 2021, "Out Front Ideas With Kimberly and Mark" hosted its most attended webinar to date, featuring expert panelists and data around COVID-19 claims. This data provided valuable insight into current trends, claims development and the real impact the pandemic has had on w...Read More | |||
Geaney: Why Good Adjusters Are Crucial to Success in Workers' Compensation Court | 10/25/2021 | ||
By: John H. Geaney | |||
State: NJ | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
Every defense lawyer knows that success in workers’ compensation court is the ultimate team sport. There are many key participants: employers, supervisors, adjusters, counsel, account managers, brokers, experts, IME doctors, physicians, nurse case managers and vendors such as inve...Read More | |||
Grinberg: On Navarro and Second Bites at the Panel Apple | 10/19/2021 | ||
By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
Do you know what would happen if you sat a dozen workers’ compensation participants — adjusters, risk managers, attorneys or judges — down at a table and asked them to state the single most frustrating thing about California’s workers’ compensation sys...Read More | |||
Grinberg: Garment Workers to Get Minimum Wage; Check Your TD Rates | 10/18/2021 | ||
By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
What does the number 62 mean to you? G...Read More | |||
Grinberg: PTP's Report Finding Injury Trumps QME's Report of 'No Complaints' | 10/15/2021 | ||
By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
On Halloween, children will often ask for scary stories. There is no surer way to give those kids an overdose of disappointment than to describe the horror and dread that is California’s workers’ compensation system. ...Read More | |||
Get a Goddamn Vaccination and Wear a Goddamn Mask | 10/05/2021 | ||
By: Joe Paduda | |||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
Warning — I am really pissed off. ...Read More | |||
Geaney: Gov. Signs Job Preference Law for Those Who Have Reached MMI | 10/01/2021 | ||
By: John H. Geaney | |||
State: NJ | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
Readers of this blog are aware that earlier this year, the state Assembly introduced legislation to create employment rights under the New Jersey Workers’ Compensation Act for workers who reach maximum medical improvement but cannot perform their job any longer. ...Read More | |||