Industry Insights
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Jafary: Communication vs. Information | 02/11/2022 | |
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| By: Mina M. Jafary | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 1 | |||
| Parties on both sides of the workers’ compensation aisle should take care to give opponents a chance to object to proposed QME advocacy letters to avoid running into potentially sanctionable problems with Labor Code 4062.3. ...Read More | |||
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Jacobsmeyer: Appeals Court Provides Bright-Line Limitation to Hikida Application | 06/02/2020 | |
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| By: Richard Jacobsmeyer | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Since the early days after passage of Senate Bill 899 in 2004, the California Legislature’s intent in overhauling the statutes governing apportionment of permanent disability and the issue of direct causation and apportionment have been the subject of multiple decis...Read More | |||
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Johnson: Artificial Intelligence and Workers' Compensation Fraud | 03/16/2020 | |
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| By: Gregory Johnson | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Artificial intelligence is redefining work in nearly every industry thanks to the increase in accuracy, efficiency and cost-effectiveness that AI-based applications offer. ...Read More | |||
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Jacobsmeyer: Court Reverses WCAB on Apportionment Causation Standard | 12/14/2018 | |
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| By: Jake Jacobsmeyer | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The 1st Appellate District Court of Appeals has reversed yet another WCAB opinion in which the board has applied the post-SB 899 rules on apportionment too restrictively. ...Read More | |||
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Jacobsmeyer: Appellate Court Rejects PTD 'In Accordance With the Fact' | 10/05/2018 | |
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| By: Jake Jacobsmeyer | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The 3rd District Court of Appeal has issued a stunning decision rejecting the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board's reliance on an award by a judge of permanent total disability based on Labor Code 4662(b)’s language of disability "in accordance with the fact.” ...Read More | |||
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Jacobsmeyer: Supreme Court Cites Exclusive Remedy in King Decision | 09/04/2018 | |
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| By: Jake Jacobsmeyer | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| In one of the most anticipated appellate decisions of 2018, the California Supreme Court has reversed the Court of Appeal decision in King v. CompPartners. ...Read More | |||
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Jacobsmeyer: Sanity Prevails at 4th DCA | 03/20/2018 | |
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| By: Richard M. Jacobsmeyer | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The 4th District of the Court of Appeals has reversed a puzzling Workers' Compensation Appeals Board decision that had awarded total temporary disability benefits beyond five years from the date of injury, ignoring the plain language of Labor Code 4656(c)(2). ...Read More | |||
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Johnson: SIF Premium Assessment Increase | 12/18/2017 | |
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| By: Arthur L. Johnson | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| In my opinion, there are three reasons for the increases in California's Subsequent Injuries Benefits Trust Fund costs: SB 899 and the Escobedo case. SB 899 and the ...Read More | |||
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Jordan: Another Michigan Spine Case | 10/18/2017 | |
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| By: Jennifer Jordan | |||
| State: MI | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| An opinion out of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan reported on Oct. 13 shows that the Michigan Spine and Brain Institute is at it again. ...Read More | |||
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Jordan: CIGA Entitled to Judicial Declaration of Unlawful CMS Interpretation of MSP | 05/11/2017 | |
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| By: Jennifer Jordan | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| On May 3, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California issued its order with regard to CIGA’s entitlement to relief following the court’s award of partial summary judgment in January. ...Read More | |||
