Industry Insights
Oxborrow: How Explainable AI Changes the Game in Commercial Insurance | 07/22/2020 | ||
By: Dustin Oxborrow | |||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
Artificial intelligence drives a growing share of decisions that affect every aspect of our lives, from where to take a vacation to health care recommendations that could affect our life expectancy. ...Read More | |||
O'Gorman: Worker Needs to Show More Than Simply Being at Work to Get Benefits | 09/21/2017 | ||
By: Timothy O’Gorman | |||
State: IL | Segment: Top | 1 | |||
Herff Jones v. Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission, 2017 IL App (4th) 160346WC-U again confirms that the Illinois courts have rejected the use of the “positional risk” doctrine in the state workers' compensation system. ...Read More | |||
O'Gorman: PTSD Claim Fails Due to Treatment Delay | 08/29/2017 | ||
By: Timothy O'Gorman | |||
State: IL | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
In RPRD Dykman Inc. v. Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission, the claimant was an over-the-road truck driver who witnessed a horrific accident en route to making a delivery. ...Read More | |||
O'Gorman: Appellate Court Overturns 19L Penalties | 03/28/2017 | ||
By: Timothy O'Gordon | |||
State: IL | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
If an Illinois claimant seeks penalties and fees on medical bills, the documents have to be tendered. ...Read More | |||
Ownership Failure: If Other Operations Were Treated Like Workers' Comp | 02/08/2016 | ||
By: Barry Thompson | |||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
Imagine yourself a manufacturer purchasing a machine to enhance your production line. Imagine a salesperson closing the deal by providing a 1-800 number to call and report any new machine operators. ...Read More | |||
OneCall's New CEO Has Tough Row to Hoe | 01/27/2016 | ||
By: Joe Paduda | |||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
OneCall's new CEO is Dale Wolf. Wolf, OCCM’s executive chair, was named CEO yesterday after serving as the interim CEO since Joe Delaney’s departure last summer. Wolf’s history includes a stint running the small group health insurance business at th...Read More | |||
Opt Out: A Painful Reassessment | 11/23/2015 | ||
By: Peter Rousmaniere (Featured Columnist) | |||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
Two sessions on opt out at the National Workers' Compensation and Disability Conference this month showed this movement is at a crossroads. The advocates can decide whether their idea is a serious advance in injury risk management at a time ripe for change or an elaborate ruse ...Read More | |||
October 2015 Case Law Update | 10/05/2015 | ||
By: Michael W. Sullivan | |||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
JURISDICTION AND SUBROGATION In Melendrez v. Ameron International Corp. (2015) B256928, B259423, the 2nd District Court of Appeal held that exclusive remedy applied to an employee's injury, which was caused in part by nonwork-related activities, because the applicant's employment ...Read More | |||
Ones to Watch | 08/13/2015 | ||
By: Julius Young | |||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
I recently had the pleasure of speaking on a California workers’ comp case law update panel. The panel was at the Disneyland conference of the California Coalition on Workers’ Compensation, an employer-side workers’ comp research and advocacy group. Co-presenting at my s...Read More | |||
One Sorry Grape | 08/03/2015 | ||
By: Peter Rousmaniere (Featured Columnist) | |||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Array | |||
America, you need to see this from my point of view: a dark red Flame Seedless grape. I know how nice humans are, but they can do strange things. I was born in the spring of 2015 in the city in Coachella, east of Palm Springs, California. I had as sunny a childhood ...Read More | |||