Industry Insights
Keefe: Rauner's WC Turnaround Is Happening, and Few Know It | 12/13/2017 | ||
Source: Eugene Keefe | |||
State: IL | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
Gov. Bruce Rauner came into Springfield as a veteran and successful business person but a newbie governor. Our newly sworn-in governor had a group of action items he wanted to implement to improve Illinois’ government and overall situation, particularly in the interest of jobs and busi...Read More | |||
Keefe: When Is an Accident 'Accidental'? | 12/05/2017 | ||
By: Eugene Keefe | |||
State: IL | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
Is a patrol officer sitting in a car “chilling” acting in the line of duty when randomly struck by another car? ...Read More | |||
Kamin: Quiet 2017 Session Marks Calm Before Storm | 12/04/2017 | ||
By: John P. Kamin | |||
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
The 2017 legislative session may have been a relatively quiet one for Californians seeking workers’ compensation reform, but a closer look at lawmakers’ activity shows that significant changes are likely on the way in the next three years. ...Read More | |||
Keefe: The Biggest Claims Mistake Adjusters Make | 11/21/2017 | ||
By: Eugene Keefe | |||
State: IL | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
We see it over and over and over again. When it happens, we try to smile and provide simple logic and common sense. We are not sure how it started, but however this concept began, we recommend putting it on the garbage pile of bad ideas that won’t work out. ...Read More | |||
Klein: The Highest Possible Value | 11/15/2017 | ||
By: Carolyn Ettelson Klein | |||
State: IL | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
When Illinois courts review firefighter pension claims, they usually pick the highest possible value. ...Read More | |||
Keefe: Effort to Slash Attorneys' Fees in Settlement Smoothly Rebuffed | 10/11/2017 | ||
By: Eugene Keefe | |||
State: IL | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
This claim involved three of Illinois’ more prominent and successful claimant firms that Keefe, Campbell, Biery and Associates respects as solid advocates for the injured workers they diligently represent. ...Read More | |||
Keefe: When Riding a Zombie Dragon, Try Not to Get Eaten | 10/05/2017 | ||
By: Eugene Keefe | |||
State: IL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
As part of making a permanent impairment or workers' compensation claim, some claimants and their attorneys encourage high medical bills to make “special damages” respectively high for settlements. I feel that strategy, like the zombie dragon from "Game of Thrones,&...Read More | |||
Keefe: Do We Really Need So Many WC Arbitrators? | 09/29/2017 | ||
By: Eugene Keefe | |||
State: IL | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
Almost as fast as I stopped whining about the secret process to select Illinois workers' compensation arbitrators, I learn we just added two more. ...Read More | |||
Kirsch: Iowa Legislature Responds to Call for Reform of Workers' Compensation Act | 09/15/2017 | ||
By: Ashton T. Kirsch | |||
State: IA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
The Iowa legislature has finally acted on the call by Iowa business groups to overhaul the state's workers’ compensation system. For years, they have claimed that the state’s system has tilted unfairly toward injured workers and significantly raised employers’ costs. Ma...Read More | |||
Keefe: My Illinois Workers' Comp Arbitrator Wish List | 09/13/2017 | ||
By: Eugene Keefe | |||
State: IL | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
The Illinois government is closing in on a financial turning point. The way things have been done in the past may not get our nutty state government to the future. I truly feel we have to start doing things better and more effectively if we are to have any hope or expectations at all. ...Read More | |||