Industry Insights
| SB 899 - Vocational Rehabilitation & Return to Work, 1 | 04/25/2004 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| SB 899, signed by Governor Schwarzenegger this month, makes substantial changes that will take many months, perhaps years, for the workers' compensation industry to understand and assimilate. The provisions impacting vocational rehabilitation and return-to-work were relatively minor compared to tho...Read More | |||
| Steps to Avoid the Post-Termination Defense | 04/11/2004 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| There are often times when an injury is sustained and for one reason or another (perhaps intentionally or ignorantly), the fact of injury is either ignored by the employer (so there is lack of documentation of same) or the worker doesn't think the injury is serious and continues working, albeit at a...Read More | |||
| Sage Advice on Dismissing Your Attorney | 01/01/2004 | ||
| State: FL | Segment: | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A workcompcentral.com user wrote: My attorney just sent me a letter saying he is off the case because I am second guessing him and a substitution of attorney for me to sign. Do I have to sign this? I don't want to be pro-per and for him to get a large sum of my money being he has not ...Read More | |||
| Suggestions for a Well-Drafted Doctor Letter | 06/22/2003 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| While doctors have a responsibility to prepare an objective, thorough report, the best way for claims or legal specialists to enhance the outcome of their doctor's medical-legal evaluation in a workers' compensation AOE/COE, QME or AME is to prepare a well-thought-out Doctor Letter. In fact, the fir...Read More | |||
| Serious and Willful for Employers - Part 3 | 06/07/2003 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| This is the third of a three part series for employers on 'serious and willful' allegations. In the first article we defined what a serious and willful (S&W) issue was, and reviewed so...Read More | |||
| Self-Imposed Penalties on VRMA on Appeal | 06/07/2003 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| Late last year, in the California Workers Compensation Appeals Board (Board) en banc decision of Rivera v. Tower Staffing Solutions, SCIF and Calvin Crump v. LAUSD, Helmsman the Board noted that there was no basis...Read More | |||
| Safety, OSHA, and Preserving Jobs | 05/24/2003 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| Employees need to be aware that there are safety regulations applicable to many industries, and violations of those safety regulations may be cause for additional compensation under most state workers' compensation systems. In California, the value of benefits may be increased by 50% if there is a f...Read More | |||
| Subrogation From a Different Perspective | 05/24/2003 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| We have in the past presented articles on subrogation: Subrogation for the Claims Examiner parts One and ...Read More | |||
| Serious and Willful for Employers - Part 2 | 05/24/2003 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| Our last article in this series introduced the concept of "serious and willful misconduct" of the employer with a review of Labor Code ...Read More | |||
| Serious and Willful for Employers - Part 1 | 05/10/2003 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| California Labor Code section 4553 appears relatively simple, and inconsequential to the average reader:"The amount of compensation otherwise recoverable shall be increased one-half, together ...Read More | |||
