Industry Insights
| Waiver of the Right to Dispute the Extent of a Compensable Injury; Clear as Mud? | 07/15/2006 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Robert R. (Bob) Graves, Jr. Burns Anderson Jury & Brenner, L.L.P. Recently, the issue of whether a carrier may waive the right to dispute the extent of a claimant's compensable injury has become popular. Waiver issues associated with compensability disputes are governed by Texas Labo...Read More | |||
| Why (Some) Patients Never Get Well | 07/15/2006 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Jomar Almeda, M.D. (Faculty, WorkCompSchool) "Man has to suffer. When he has no real afflictions, he invents some." - Jose Marti I have always been captivated by the seemingly improbable account of patients, who after a course of medical treatment, astoundingly rec...Read More | |||
| What Is Disability? An Apportionment Complication | 07/01/2006 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| by David J. DePaolo, Esq. Before SB 899, apportionment was a complex legal concept. After SB 899, the complexity increased ten-fold, and recent case law has created more issues, and raised more questions, than it has answered. The apportionment legal wars since the passage of SB 899 have ...Read More | |||
| Where Can You Hide in the Middle of a Field? | 07/01/2006 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| A first rule of surveillance in rural areas is: When in Rome do as the Romans do. Or perhaps better stated: Look like what a Roman would expect a stranger to look like. For the last several years in many situations that has meant: look like you are interested in buying real estate. Our as...Read More | |||
| What Does An Employer Do When An Employee Is Eligible For The Voucher System? | 06/03/2006 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| A thread on the WorkCompCentral Forums (www.workcompforums.com) addressed an issue that the editors felt was of importance to the workers' compensation community. It is republished here, edited for grammar, spelling, with identities redacted. Q: A...Read More | |||
| What Makes You Click | 05/20/2006 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Jomar Almeda Trigger finger, also called stenosing tenosynovitis is a condition in which the fingers or the thumb clicks, locks, and snaps. This is commonly associated with pain and is felt when the finger is flexed (bent) and extended (straightened). This occurs as the involved fing...Read More | |||
| Work Comp Settlement Does Not Extend to FEHA Obligation | 05/06/2006 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Allan Leno In Albertson's Inc. v. Fair Employment and Housing commission (FEHC) et al, B175816 (1/20/06), the District Court of Appeal determined that the employer failed to respond properly to the employee's request for reinstatement as a disabled worker. The employee settled...Read More | |||
| Workplace Violence and the Employer's Liability | 05/06/2006 | ||
| By: Larry Rogak | |||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Larry Rogak Venice Carnegie v. J.P. Phillips Inc., 2005-00719 (Index no. 14829/2001) (2d Dept 2006) The plaintiff alleged that in April 2000 he was assaulted at his place of employment by the defendant Donald Siering. Siering was employed by J.P. Phillips, Inc., a subcontrac...Read More | |||
| What's in the Tunnel? | 05/06/2006 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Jomar Almeda One of the more commonly encountered disease entities involving the hand and wrist in the industrial setting is CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME (CTS). The tunnel's name was derived from the Greek word "karpos" which means wrist. The syndrome more specifically refers to an ...Read More | |||
| What Self-Insured's Need To Know About Workers Comp Medical Bill Review | 04/08/2006 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Janet Jamieson, Ph.D. Director Health Policy & Research, Medata Inc. Medical care accounts for approximately claims costs, and medical decision-making can assert a significant influence on the duration of disability, hence indemnity cost. In this primer I pinpoint what corporate risk ...Read More | |||
