Industry Insights
Mississippi Verdict Could Erode Employer Protections | 03/28/2008 | ||
State: MS | Segment: | 0 | |||
By Foster WelburnThe Mississippi's Workers' Compensation Act generally guarantees to employees the right to receive pre-determined compensation benefits for workplace accidental injuries without the need to prove the employer's fault. In exchange for guaranteed benefits...Read More | |||
Minor schism follows newest Labor Code Section 4660(d) opinion | 01/31/2008 | ||
State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
Yet another decision from the Court of Appeals, this time the 2nd District, has upheld the WCAB's interpretation of Labor Code Section 4660(d) in Pendergrass II, rejecting a WCAB decision that issue prior to that en banc decision applying the 1997 Permanent Disability Rating Schedule (PDRS) base...Read More | |||
Malingering in the workers' compensation setting. | 01/18/2008 | ||
By: Dr. Steven D. Feinberg | |||
State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
By Dr. Steven D. FeinbergFor many individuals that sustain an injury, there is a close correlation between subjective complaints and objective pathology. Since most physicians are trained in treating physical pathology, the outcome of treatment is usually satisfactory for all concerned....Read More | |||
Measuring work comp savings the wrong way. | 10/10/2007 | ||
State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
--By Frank Pennachio Throughout much of the United States, declining workers' compensation rates are music to employers' ears. After all, that seems like long-awaited good news, particularly since workers' compensation is more often than not viewed as a necessity and a signif...Read More | |||
Much Ado About 'I Do': Viability Of Common Law Marriage and Its Effect on Work C | 09/08/2007 | ||
State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
By Mark S. Royster The Commonwealth Court recently examined, yet again, the viability of common law marriages, an issue which has caused a flurry of judicial and legislative activity in recent years. Interestingly, matrimonial law plays a significant role in workers' compensation, partic...Read More | |||
Minimum Wage Hike to Increase Insurance Premiums | 06/30/2007 | ||
State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
The 2007 Texas Legislature recently ended its regular session and nonsubscriber interests survived numerous attacks. Bills were defeated that would have: * Prohibited voluntary or mandatory arbitration agreements, waivers of jury trial, and certain settlement agree...Read More | |||
Maimed at Work, Then Deported | 06/30/2007 | ||
By: Julie Ferguson | |||
State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
By Julie Ferguson The Providence Journal featured a troubling story this past Sunday, which was just brought to our attention. For those of us who work in workers comp, the terrible story of Edgar Velazquez: Maimed at work, then deported is one that is played out all too frequently in th...Read More | |||
Making BWC More Accountable | 06/02/2007 | ||
State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
By Sen. John Carey As Ohio's worker's compensation system works to rebuild in the aftermath of a high-profile, rare coin scandal and news of other faulty investments that sent shockwaves throughout the state, the General Assembly took a monumental step last week to not only provide signif...Read More | |||
Medical Malpractice Claim Tried, Won By Respondent | 05/05/2007 | ||
State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
By Anne Hammill-Pasqua Respondent successfully defeated petitioner's dependency claim petition for alleged medical malpractice in the matter of Karak v. DuPont. The matter was tried in the Division of Workers' Compensation pursuant to Hawksby v. DePietro as the alleged malpractice was aga...Read More | |||
Mere Denial of Notice is Insufficient to Vacate Award | 04/21/2007 | ||
By: Larry Rogak | |||
State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
By Larry Rogak Clarendon National Insurance Co. v. State of New York Workers' Compensation Board (Supreme Court, New York County) (2007 NY Slip Op 30540(U)) (Feinman, j) Clarendon brought this petition to vacate an arbitration award made by Arbitration Forums Inc. Clare...Read More | |||