Industry Insights
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Grinberg: Welcome to 2023 | 01/04/2023 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| We made it, and here we are. I know we all had some doubts. What better way to start another wonderful year of blogging than by giving a heads-up on the laws that took effect on Jan. 1? ...Read More | |||
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Geaney: Explosion in Personal Vehicle Held Compensable | 12/15/2022 | |
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| By: John H. Geaney | |||
| State: NJ | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| One of the most interesting workers’ compensation cases in a long time is Van Sciver v. Jersey Mechanical Contractors Inc. There are layers of legal issues in this case, which involved a very serious accident injuring...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: Another Item on the Wish List: CT Reform | 11/23/2022 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| With Hanukkah and Christmas coming up soon, I thought he’d share another one of the items on my workers’ compensation wish list. ...Read More | |||
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Gelman: Element of Compulsion Validates 'Special Mission' Doctrine | 11/22/2022 | |
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| By: Jon L. Gelman | |||
| State: NJ | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The New Jersey Appellate Division conducted an insightful analysis of the "special mission" doctrine in affirming a workers’ compensation award to an employee who suffe...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: DWC Wants Your In-Person Suggestions on Improving the System | 11/21/2022 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| What are your plans for right after Thanksgiving? Do you plan on sharpening your pitchforks? Are you going to be re-binding and re-oiling your torches? Do you plan to grumble vague angry sounds as you coalesce into an unruly mob? ...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: No Lien Recovery on Unpleaded Body Parts | 11/15/2022 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Pop quiz for you: Does a body part have to be pleaded or claimed by an applicant in order for him to receive medical treatment for that claim? ...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: Another SJDB Voc-Rehab Outfit Charged With Fraud | 11/10/2022 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Fraud can be tricky to deal with. ...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: DIR Considering New EAMS Regs | 11/08/2022 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| I bring to your attention today a topic so exciting, so thrilling, so prone to make the hair stand up on the back of your neck, that I almost thought it appropriate to get a rating on this blog post before publishing it. ...Read More | |||
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Geaney: Appellate Division Vacates Penalties, Fees Against Employer Pending New Hearing | 10/28/2022 | |
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| By: John H. Geaney | |||
| State: NJ | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| In Saiti v. Garden Homes, the petitioner received an award for $66,074 on Sept. 3, 2020. The terms of the settlement were memorialized in an order signed by the judge of compensation and both parties. ...Read More | |||
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Gelman: Booting Up Computer Is Considered 'Work' | 10/26/2022 | |
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| By: Jon L. Gelman | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court’s summary judgment in favor of defendant Customer Connexx LLC and remanded for further proceedings in a collective actio...Read More | |||
