Industry Insights
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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 | |||
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Langham: Intent to Injure | 11/08/2019 | |
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| By: David Langham | |||
| State: NY | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| On Sept. 5, 2019, the New York Appellate Court decided Delacruz v. Village of Freeport. The appeal was from a decision by the Workers' Compensation Board (an administrative appellate review body simil...Read More | |||
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Langham: Costs, Good Faith and Chilling Effect | 10/22/2019 | |
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| By: David Langham | |||
| State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The Florida First District Court of Appeal recently affirmed the imposition of prevailing party costs in Coto v. Univision Sentry Casualty Co. The decision was a per cu...Read More | |||
