Industry Insights
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Castillo: A Fair Gig | 09/25/2019 | |
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| By: Michael Castillo | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Last week, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law Assembly Bill 5, authored by Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez, D-San Diego, signaling a big win for labor groups in California. ...Read More | |||
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Kamin: Vaping Could Play a Big Role in Defending Respiratory Claims | 09/24/2019 | |
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| By: John P. Kamin | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Defendants need to keep reports about the potentially damaging side effects of vaping in mind during the discovery process in cases with allegations of respiratory illness. ...Read More | |||
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Addington: Rest in Peace, Scheduled Members | 09/23/2019 | |
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| By: Brian Addington | |||
| State: TN | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| I went out for lunch the other day and heard an ’80s song that I had not heard in years, "Head to Toe," by Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam. That song really got in my head, and I came back to the office thinking about it. Eventually, it led me to think about injuries from head to toe. ...Read More | |||
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Langham: Ex Parte Yet Again | 09/20/2019 | |
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| By: David Langham | |||
| State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The Florida First District recently rendered Godwin v. Hillsborough County School Board. The decision discusses two issues that will be familiar to regular readers, ex parte co...Read More | |||
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Bradford & Barthel: Addressing Multiple Body Parts, Post-Kite | 09/19/2019 | |
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| By: Bradford & Barthel | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 1 | |||
| Following the 2013 decision in Kite v. Athens Administrators (2013) 78 CCC 213 (writ denied), applicant’s attorneys have attempted to take full advantage of this method of increasing total permanent disability ratings without increasing the level of actual impairment allocated to ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: Where Have All the WC Opioids Patients Gone? | 09/18/2019 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Workers’ comp has done an admirable job reducing the volume and potency of opioids dispensed to work comp patients. ...Read More | |||
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Moore: Combined Ratio Means Market Extremely Healthy | 09/17/2019 | |
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| By: James Moore | |||
| State: VA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Workers' comp combined ratio remained a hot topic from last year. Last week, at the NCCI Virginia State Advisory Conference, the workers' comp combined ratio stunned the audience, and even the NCCI presenters. ...Read More | |||
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Luna: Employers, Work Comp Stakeholders Sound Off | 09/16/2019 | |
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| By: Carlos Luna | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The nation’s largest workers’ compensation community came together recently in Dana Point, California, to attend one of the country’s more prominent trade conferences. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: Work Comp's Ongoing Soft Market | 09/13/2019 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Work comp rates continue to drift ever lower, with new declines announced pretty much every week. While this is great for employers and taxpayers, the impact on insurers, third-party administrators and the work comp ecosystem is rather less than “great.” ...Read More | |||
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Fitzpatrick: Medical Malpractice and Workers' Compensation Subrogation in the Golden State | 09/12/2019 | |
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| By: Peter V. Fitzpatrick | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| One of the quirks of California workers’ compensation law is that insurance carriers cannot subrogate against medical malpractice lawsuits. ...Read More | |||
