Industry Insights
| Legislature Adds Language to Workers' Comp Statute (again) | 07/30/2014 | ||
| By: Gary Wickert | |||
| State: AZ | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Earlier this year, the Arizona Court of Appeals essentially rewrote § 23-1023, Arizona’s workers’ compensation subrogation statute. Prior to its amendment in 2007, this statute provided that the injured employee had only one year after a cause of action accrued to pursue a third-...Read More | |||
| Latest Changes in the WorkComp PBM World | 07/18/2014 | ||
| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Helios is the new name for PMSI/Progressive. The idea is to have a single name for the two different firms, both of which had positive brand images in the work comp world. In talking to the marketing folks, their take was that while both brands had strong equity, neither legacy name would work fo...Read More | |||
| Limit Atty. Fees to Gains Made over Unrepresented Settlement Offers | 06/25/2014 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| “The appeals board may determine, and allow as liens against any sum to be paid as compensation, any amount determined as hereinafter set forth in subdivisions (a) through (i).” (Labor Code section 4903.)“A reasonable attorney’s fee for legal services pertai...Read More | |||
| Legislative Wrap-up 2014 | 05/14/2014 | ||
| State: FL | Segment: | 0 | |||
| The Florida Legislative Session 2014 was relatively quiet on the workers' compensation front. Generally speaking, the 21st Century has been legislatively quiet for Florida workers' compensation. Certainly, there were significant changes in 2001 and again in 2003. Since then, however, there h...Read More | |||
| Legislation Proposed to Kaibosh Knittle Case | 03/28/2014 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| Some of your humble blogger’s devoted readers represent cities and counties, and so, naturally, have to deal with injury claims from peace officers entitled to paid leave rather than temporary disability benefits for up to one year.It would be the rudest form of neglect if I was no...Read More | |||
| Liability Carrier Had No Duty to Defend the GC | 10/10/2013 | ||
| By: Chris St. Peter | |||
| State: IL | Segment: | 0 | |||
| The Illinois Appellate Court ruled a subcontractor’s liability carrier had no duty to defend the general contractor from a negligence claim brought by the subcontractor’s injured employee alleging the general contractor alone was directly negligent. We feel the Appellate Cour...Read More | |||
| Legislative Session a Relief for OJCC | 05/21/2013 | ||
| State: FL | Segment: | 0 | |||
| The Legislative session ended May 3. Unlike some sessions, that have come down to the midnight deadline, this one ended about 7:15 p.m. There will be much to examine in the coming weeks. It is not simply to know what is happening during the course of the session, and sometimes no easier for days the...Read More | |||
| Liens for Costs in 2013 | 04/09/2013 | ||
| By: Michael W. Sullivan and JP Navarro | |||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | Popular with Empty | |||
| On Jan. 1, 2013, the lien filing and lien activation fees of newly enacted Labor Code Sections 4903.05 and 4903.06 took effect. Anyone familiar with California lien practice knows that fees have had a tremendous impact, and that providers do well to avoid them if possible. The legal wrangling over f...Read More | |||
| Legislators Take Action to Save Second Injury Fund | 03/04/2013 | ||
| By: Benjamin Sansone | |||
| State: MO | Segment: | 0 | |||
| Some good news for injured employees across the state of Missouri happened last week when the Senate passed a bill that would serve to bolster the state's second injury workers' compensation fund by increasing the amount employers must pay into the fund. The fund will now be replenished by h...Read More | |||
| Labor Code 4656(c)(2) Includes Labor Code 4850 Time | 02/04/2013 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| In another situation where many of us thought we already knew the answer, an appellate court has provided a confounding, but welcome and well-reasoned opinion that contradicts the common wisdom on what was considered an already decided issue. Much like the multiple writ denied cases holding th...Read More | |||
