Industry Insights
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Torrey: Tort Reform to Emphasize More Timely Compensation of Victims | 08/02/2021 | |
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| By: David B. Torrey | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| In a new article, a scholar advocates for modification of tort law so that the negligence-action goal of providing compensation to tort victims can be better realized. ...Read More | |||
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Torrey: UCLA Professor's Socio-Historical Account of Fatigue Touches on WC Themes | 07/13/2021 | |
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| By: David B. Torrey | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| University of California, Los Angeles, public health professor Emily Abel has written a brief but wide-ranging social history of the phenomenon of fatigue. ...Read More | |||
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Torrey: COVID Long-Haulers and Their Disability Remedy | 03/17/2021 | |
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| By: David B. Torrey | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Many in the workers’ compensation insurance industry have been trying to predict what costs COVID-19 will ultimately impose. ...Read More | |||
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Torrey: 2020's Top 8 Books for the Workers' Compensation Professional | 12/14/2020 | |
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| By: David B. Torrey | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Here are my humble recommendations with regard to the best books for the workers’ compensation professional for 2020. ...Read More | |||
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Tomlin: Utilization Review, TTD Benefits Can Hinge on P&S Status | 10/15/2020 | |
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| By: Robert D. Tomlin | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The case of Barela v. Leprino Foods held that a utilization review determination does not bar permanent disability or temporary disability benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Torrey: WC Policy Rescission Actions Shouldn't Be Permitted at All | 06/09/2020 | |
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| By: David B. Torrey | |||
| State: PA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| In a non-precedential decision, the United States Court of Appeals, 3rd Circuit, has affirmed a district court ruling dismissing a workers’ compensation carr...Read More | |||
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Torrey: Mental-Mental Laws in All 50 States | 06/03/2020 | |
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| By: David B. Torrey | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The law of mental stress causing mental disability, and its compensability under workers’ compensation (the law of the “mental-mentals”), has been the subject of considerable study. ...Read More | |||
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Truong: Is Your Worker Truly an Independent Contractor? | 02/03/2020 | |
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| By: Jennifer L. Truong | |||
| State: WA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Employers are often caught off-guard when a Washington Department of Labor and Industries’ workers’ compensation audit results in a daunting Order of Assessment demanding back payment of industrial insurance premiums, penalties and accruing interest due to the misclassification of cov...Read More | |||
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Tihin: Combat Unreasonable Travel Time on LC 5710 Fee Requests | 12/11/2019 | |
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| By: George B. Tihin | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 1 | |||
| A 33-year-old panel decision is useful in knocking down unreasonable requests for Labor Code 5710 fees by faraway applicants' attorneys opting not to hire a local contract attorney to take a deposition. ...Read More | |||
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Torrey: The Misclassification Debate Surrounding Platform-Based Gig Workers | 11/27/2019 | |
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| By: David B. Torrey | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| In "Gig-Dependence: Finding the Real Independent Contractors of Platform Work," Keith Cunningham-Parmeter argues that the traditional common law right of control test is inappropriate and unwo...Read More | |||
