Industry Insights
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Paduda: What's in the Inbox? | 11/04/2019 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The inbox has been stuffed with important new research and news. Here’s what most interested me. ...Read More | |||
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Uribarri: What's Left After Total Knee Replacement? QME Clarifies: Almost Everything | 11/01/2019 | |
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| By: Zane P. Uribarri | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Have you ever considered just what the phrase “total knee replacement” means? It seems so self-explanatory that any answer must be, “Well, it means the whole knee has been replaced.” ...Read More | |||
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Bobik: Insurtechs Racing for the Workers' Comp Cup | 10/31/2019 | |
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| Source: John Bobik | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The thoroughbred horse Spring Racing Carnival is in full swing in the state of Victoria, Australia, culminating in the running of the Melbourne Cup, “the race that stops a nation.” ...Read More | |||
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Castillo: The Scary Truth | 10/29/2019 | |
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| By: Michael Castillo | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The growth in the American workforce is being driven by older women, bringing to light new aspects of worker safety and care that must be addressed. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: One Call's Halloween Is Going to Be All Treats | 10/30/2019 | |
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| Source: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Thanks to a massive restructuring, One Call lives to fight another day. This is excellent news for the folks who work there; not so much for the original investors. ...Read More | |||
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Holden: Court Rules Return to Work May Not Prevent Vocational Disability | 10/28/2019 | |
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| By: Joshua G. Holden | |||
| State: AL | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| On Oct. 4, the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals released its opinion in AMEC Foster Wheeler Kamtech Inc. v. Jimmy Chandler, wherein it upheld the trial court’s finding that the ...Read More | |||
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Geaney: Med Center Not Responsible for Injury to Nurse in Public Street | 10/25/2019 | |
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| By: John H. Geaney | |||
| State: NJ | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| In an important decision, the New Jersey Appellate Division decided on Oct. 16 that a nurse who was walking from work premises to a parking lot following her shift at Jersey City Medical Center/Robert Wood Johnson Barnabas Health was not in the course of employment when she was struck by a m...Read More | |||
| CAAA: Union Seniority Undercut by SB 899 | 10/24/2019 | ||
| By: CAAA Labor Committee | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 1 | |||
| When the Democrats in the state Legislature went along with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's so-called workers' comp reform, they severely undercut the principle of union seniority. Beginning right after the Civil War, railroad workers won seniority rights. By the turn of the century,...Read More | |||
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Anders: U.S. Appellate Court Holds Guaranty Fund Not a Primary Plan Under MSP Act | 10/23/2019 | |
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| By: Dan Anders | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| In an Oct.10 decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, the California Insurance Guarantee Association (CIGA) was found not to be a primary plan under the Medicare Seco...Read More | |||
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Langham: Costs, Good Faith and Chilling Effect | 10/22/2019 | |
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| By: David Langham | |||
| State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The Florida First District Court of Appeal recently affirmed the imposition of prevailing party costs in Coto v. Univision Sentry Casualty Co. The decision was a per cu...Read More | |||
