Industry Insights
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Castillo: The Fight for Farmworkers Continues | 03/26/2021 | |
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| By: Michael Castillo | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| National Farmworkers Awareness Week takes place at the end of March each year, this year celebrated March 25-31. While some victories have recently been won in instilling greater protections for workers in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, other challenges remain. ...Read More | |||
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Walls: COVID-19 Is NOT an Occupational Disease | 03/25/2021 | |
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| By: Mark Walls | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| When workers’ compensation was conceived over 100 years ago, it was designed to cover traumatic injuries in an industrial setting. ...Read More | |||
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Geaney: Court Rejects Compensability for Worker Who Fell En Route to Coffee Shop | 03/24/2021 | |
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| By: John H. Geaney | |||
| State: NJ | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| What if two lawyers leave their separate offices to meet at a coffee shop to discuss a case? Is the commute to the coffee shop compensable for either or both of them? ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: The Cost/Benefit of Catastrophic Case Management | 03/23/2021 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| A well-designed, thorough and much-needed study of the impact of nurse case management on catastrophic claims was completed late last year by the University of ...Read More | |||
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Luna: Government Dignitaries Praise Ag Community Amid Height of Pandemic | 03/22/2021 | |
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| By: Carlos Luna | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| State and federal dignitaries echoed one another during AgSafe’s innovation virtual conference Feb. 15 in vocalizing high praise for America’s agriculture community amid the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. ...Read More | |||
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Kamin: New Med-Legal Fee Schedule Likely to Take Effect April 1 | 03/19/2021 | |
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| By: John P. Kamin | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Division of Workers’ Compensation has submitted a controversial set of amendments to the Med-Legal Fee Schedule that could take effect on April 1. ...Read More | |||
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Young: A Pandemic Year | 03/18/2021 | |
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| By: Julius Young | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| We’re a year into the pandemic now. Juli...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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Grinberg: Emergency Med-Legal Regs Extended to Mid-October 2021 | 03/16/2021 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| One of the very, very thin silver linings of the lockdowns we’re still slogging through has been the compulsory trial of remote litigation and work for the workers’ comp bar. For the last year, depositions have been done almost exclusively via videoconference, hearings over the p...Read More | |||
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Moore: Why Does Loss Run Stay Open? | 03/15/2021 | |
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| By: James Moore | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| A new blog and newsletter reader asked a question last week after reviewing loss runs: We have a very old workers' comp subrogation claim open after seven years. Will that affect our experience mod? Why is it not closed? ...Read More | |||
