Industry Insights
| Know when to Hold Em and Know when to Fold Em | 04/03/2014 | ||
| State: FL | Segment: | 0 | |||
| Counsel can become difficult to get along with sometimes. Lawyers are typically reasonably sure of themselves. They typically believe that they are right, or at least believe they can convince others that they are right. That is what lawyers do, and being confident and persuasive is important. The s...Read More | |||
| Keeping Subrogation out of the Dumpster | 01/28/2014 | ||
| By: Aaron D. Plamann | |||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| A Christmas-day article in one of our local newspapers drives home the important lesson that a subrogation claim is often won or lost in the short period immediately following a loss.On July 6, 2013, pieces of electrical equipment in the basement of the Milwaukee County Courthouse starte...Read More | |||
| Kudos to CorVel | 05/28/2013 | ||
| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| I’ve often had issues with CorVel for their billing practices and other matters, but I’d be remiss if I didn’t applaud the managed-care firm for their willingness to fire a doctor that was allegedly prescribing Wasabi Rub, theramine pills, Gaba-2k rubs and surface EMGs, some of whi...Read More | |||
| Killing Compounds and Workers' Comp | 10/24/2012 | ||
| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| When will we hear of the first workers' comp claimant to die from a faulty compounded drug? Has it happened already?This isn’t hyperbole – compounded drugs have blinded victims and killed before – a young woman using a topical anesthetic, a patient treated for...Read More | |||
| Ky. Rejects Ban on Benefits to Illegal Aliens | 08/31/2011 | ||
| State: KY | Segment: | 0 | |||
| I was happy to see that the Kentucky Supreme Court on Thursday had the good sense to reject an employer's argument that an undocumented immigrant worker was not entitled to indemnity benefits. To have done otherwise would not only compromise the social safety net that has been established with w...Read More | |||
| Kauffman Decided; 1st DCA Rejects Constitutional Arguments | 04/13/2011 | ||
| By: Michael Rabinowitz | |||
| State: FL | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Michael RabinowitzBanker Lopez GasslerIn a sparsely written, four-page order (the listing of the attorneys involved in the case seems longer than the actual opinion), the Florida 1st District Court of Appeal affirmed the judge of compensation claim's opinion, thereby rejecti...Read More | |||
| Keeping Score of Rulings where UR is Used | 11/16/2010 | ||
| State: IL | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Matthew Ignoffo Keefe Campbell & AssociatesWe recently noted a number of our readers sent us an article from the blog of a competing Illinois defense firm where utilization review was followed by the Arbitrator and affirmed by the Commission. In this ruling, the Commission c...Read More | |||
| Key Takeaways from Health Strategy Associates bill review survey | 06/08/2009 | ||
| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Joe PadudaThe two overarching issues in work comp bill review are state reporting and the non-connect between utilization review/medical management and bill review.Bill ReviewWorkers' comp payers spend hundreds of millions of dollars each year on med...Read More | |||
| Kaferstein - Scaffold Law Applied to Sidewalk Injury | 10/09/2005 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| SCAFFOLD LAW APPLIES TO INJURY SUSTAINED WHILE WORKER WAS LOWERING PIPE FROM SIDEWALK INTO TRENCH Kaferstein v. JP Morgan Chase & Co., NYLJ 9/28/05 (Supreme Court, New York County (LEHNER, j) The basic legal issue presented in this Labor Law section 240(1) was whether th...Read More | |||
| Keeping the Balance | 10/08/2005 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| Though written about California, the editors felt this opinion was applicable to all states given the trend of reforming workers' compensation laws around the country.By Suzanne GuyanAs we continue applying the recent system reforms to new and pending claims, our injured workers are ...Read More | |||
