Workers' Compensation News
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Gorman: Non-IBR Medical-Legal Disputes Increasing Litigation
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12/14/2017
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By: Patrick C. Gorman
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State: CA | Segment: Top | 851 | 0
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You receive an odd-looking petition, titled “Petition for Determination of Non-IBR Medical Legal Dispute,” from the friendly neighborhood workers’ compensation chiropractor, on a case you settled in 2014.
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Gold: Reducing WC Admin Costs, TCOR and One-Day Settlements
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11/29/2017
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By: Paul Gold
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State: NA | Segment: Top | 867 | 0 | Popular with Legal
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We have a problem in the workers' compensation industry. It’s an expensive, inefficient and time-consuming problem. This problem involves an archaic process that nobody likes, but to which everyone continues to subscribe.
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Grinberg: Knowledge of WC Rights Precludes Need for Claim Form
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11/27/2017
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By: Gregory Grinberg
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State: CA | Segment: Top | 770 | 0 | Popular with Legal
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Here's an interesting, if unpublished, decision. Remember, folks: If you cite an unpublished decision in California you will be thrown in a gulag and will get no potatoes this winter.
The matter is that of Bolanos v. WCAB and Jimenez. Bolanos was a buildi...Read More
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Grinberg: Fraud Conviction Does Not Bar WC Benefits
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11/16/2017
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By: Gregory Grinberg
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State: CA | Segment: Top | 739 | 0
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You know, there is this wonderful movie that is not very well known. It’s called "Johnny Dangerously," and therein lies a wonderful quote by the titular character: “Remember, kid, crime doesn’t pay … well, [as Dangerously climbs into his ill-gotten limousin...Read More
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Gelman: DOL Says Workplace Injuries Continue Downward Trend
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11/13/2017
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By: Jon. L. Gelman
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State: NA | Segment: Top | 975 | 0
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The Department of Labor said Thursday that were approximately 2.9 million nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses reported by private industry employers in 2016, which occurred at a rate of 2.9 cases per 100 fu...Read More
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Grinberg: DWC (Maybe) Gives Lien Claimants Extra Time to File Declarations
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10/24/2017
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By: Gregory Grinberg
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State: CA | Segment: Top | 805 | 0 | Popular with Legal
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So, awhile back, your humble blogger offered the thought that the Division of Workers' Compensation's intent to dismiss the liens of claimants who had not properly filed their “Supplemental Lien Form and 4903.05(c) Declarations” by the statutory deadline ...Read More
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Grinberg: WCAB: No Authority From WCJ to Issue Gag Order
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09/06/2017
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By: Gregory Grinberg
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State: CA | Segment: Top | 906 | 0
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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
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Grinberg: IC Defense Fails for Deceased Truck Driver Claim
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08/24/2017
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By: Gregory Grinberg
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State: CA | Segment: Top | 1064 | 0 | Popular with Legal
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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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