Industry Insights
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Gelman: Proposed New Code of Conduct for NJ Judges of Compensation | 09/11/2017 | |
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| By: Jon L. Gelman | |||
| State: NJ | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The state Department of Labor and Workforce Development is proposing repeals, amendments and a new rule that would result in the adoption of a new code of conduct for judges of compensation. ...Read More | |||
| Grinberg: WCAB: No Authority From WCJ to Issue Gag Order | 09/06/2017 | ||
| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Typically, when a person uses the words “gag” and “workers’ compensation,” it is to describe a certain amount of disapproval with our beloved system of administering benefits (and inflicting costs). But, in a significantly rarer use of the term, the Wor...Read More | |||
| Grinberg: IC Defense Fails for Deceased Truck Driver Claim | 08/24/2017 | ||
| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Reform after reform, legislative session after legislative session, trial after trial, the workers’ compensation community has the same issue come up over and over again: employee versus independent contractor. And, to date, the ...Read More | |||
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Gelman: The Facts Don't Change Because You Try a Case | 08/14/2017 | |
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| By: Jon Gelman | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| In my early days in the practice of law, when I was eager to try every case, my dad, a lawyer, used to remind me that, "The facts don't change because you try a case." ...Read More | |||
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Goldstein: What You Need to Know About Full and Final Settlements | 08/07/2017 | |
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| By: Jean S. Goldstein | |||
| State: AZ | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Historically, workers’ compensation claims in Arizona have been subject to a number of limitations. If additional medical treatment was needed, a claimant could reopen a claim at any time, despite the finality and resolution of the claim. ...Read More | |||
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Gelman: Termination and the Lingering Cloud Over Disabled Workers | 08/02/2017 | |
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| By: Jon Gelman | |||
| State: NJ | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Injured workers are in constant fear of losing their jobs as a result of absenteeism caused by injuries incurred at work. ...Read More | |||
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Gavin: Which Arm of the Trial Would You Pick? | 07/14/2017 | |
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| By: Michael Gavin | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| For years, critics of opioid guidelines have argued that the absence of evidence on long-term efficacy of opioids wasn't a sufficient reason to declare such use "medically unnecessary." ...Read More | |||
| Grinberg: Yoga Said to Be as Effective as PT vs. Back Pain | 06/29/2017 | ||
| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Back in the ol’ law school days, your humble blogger heard the claim that yoga should be barred from public schools on the grounds that it was a form of Hindu worship, and the separation of church and state would mandate a separation of yoga and public school. Whatever the merits of...Read More | |||
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Goldstein: UR/IMR Process Still Good on Its Face | 06/23/2017 | |
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| By: Jean S. Goldstein | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Empty | |||
| The California Supreme Court has determined that it will not review a case involving an i...Read More | |||
| Grinberg: Some Body Parts Do Not Preclude Other Body Parts | 04/18/2017 | ||
| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Today I bring you an unpublished decision from the California Court of Appeal, Iniguez v WCAB/Blue Rose Concrete Contractors. Remember, dear readers, that citing an unpublished case in California results in a public flogging, and then the justices dance around you in a circle chantin...Read More | |||
