Industry Insights
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Luna: Coping With COVID-19 | 03/31/2020 | |
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| By: Carlos Luna | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| It’s been 60 days since the International Health Regulations Emergency Committee of the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the COVID-19 outbreak a “public health emergency of international concern.” Since then, media coverage and general societal discussion have ...Read More | |||
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Langham: Reminders on Prejudice | 03/19/2020 | |
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| By: David Langham | |||
| State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The Florida 1st District Court recently granted rehearing and provided an explanation of its decision to affirm a judge of compensation claims in 2K South Beach Hotel LLC v. Mustelie...Read More | |||
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Larres and Kamin: Coronavirus Raises Compensability Questions for Employers | 03/04/2020 | |
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| By: Louis Larres and John Kamin | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The outbreak of Covid-19 coronavirus has the workers’ compensation community asking how one determines compensability of a virus with a source of infection that could literally be anywhere and everywhere. ...Read More | |||
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Langham: The Law of the Case | 02/12/2020 | |
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| By: David Langham | |||
| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Here's an interesting decision from Texas: Steele v. Murphy & Beane Inc. and Viacom. ...Read More | |||
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Langham: Opioids and Credibility | 01/17/2020 | |
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| By: David Langham | |||
| State: NJ | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The subject of narcotics was addressed by the New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division in Martin v. Newark Public Schools. It is another of those cases that was not pu...Read More | |||
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Langham: Collateral Estoppel | 01/08/2020 | |
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| By: David Langham | |||
| State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| A vexing legal concept is the requirement for trials to be conclusions. ...Read More | |||
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Langham: A Conversation on Credibility | 12/26/2019 | |
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| By: David Langham | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| A recent seminar afforded me the opportunity to engage in an intriguing conversation with a physician. The topic was witness credibility and the physician's desire to better understand what impacts a judge's perspective. ...Read More | |||
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Larres and Kamin: 3rd DCA Finds Applicable Interpreter Fee Schedule, Dismisses Liens | 12/02/2019 | |
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| By: Louis A. Larres and John P. Kamin | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| California’s current rules and regulations already contain an interpreter fee schedule, and interpreters who fail to request a second review of carriers’ explanations of review risk dismissal, according to a new published decision from the 3rd District Court of Appeal in a case litiga...Read More | |||
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Langham: Historical OJCC Stats 2019 | 11/22/2019 | |
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| By: David Langham | |||
| State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The Florida Office of Judges of Compensation Claims produces an annual report each November. It is as comprehensive and inclusive as any I have seen in the world of workers' compensation. They are available on the website...Read More | |||
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Lakshmikanthan: Automation Makes Time for Scalable Compassion | 11/15/2019 | |
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| By: Jayant Lakshmikanthan | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The modern workers’ compensation system was devised to provide a guarantee of care and medical treatment to injured workers from their employers. ...Read More | |||
