Industry Insights
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Fein: Adopting New Standards of Safety | 11/01/2018 | |
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| Source: Lewis Fein | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The duty of insurers is not to deny the need for new standards but to dedicate themselves to standardizing new — and superior — levels of safety. ...Read More | |||
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Young: An Interesting Approach | 10/31/2018 | |
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| Source: Julius Young | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Recently I became aware of an interesting experiment by State Compensation Insurance Fund. ...Read More | |||
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Weinmann: Duty of Care vs. Utilization Review | 10/30/2018 | |
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| Source: Robert Weinmann | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Worker's Malpractice Action Against UR Doctor Comes to an End is WorkCompCen...Read More | |||
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Langham: I Am Not Available | 10/29/2018 | |
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| Source: David Langham | |||
| State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| I had a recent inquiry that returned my attention yet again to the notice of unavailability. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: Who's Investing in Work Comp Services Now? | 10/26/2018 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Several years ago it was smaller private equity firms who bought companies for $75 million to $200 million, built them up and sold them off. Then it was the bigger PE firms that put together a couple of these and hoped to sell them for more than they paid, and were mostly successful....Read More | |||
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Goldstein: Hikida and the Importance of a Good Doctor | 10/25/2018 | |
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| By: Benjamin G. Goldstein | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| For many years now, employers have been able to rely on the holdings on Brodie v. WCAB and Benson v. Workers&rsqu...Read More | |||
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Mejia: Implications of SB 562 on the State Workers' Compensation System | 10/24/2018 | |
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| By: Karen P. Mejia | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The availability of 24-hour medical care regardless of pre-existing conditions, illness and cause of injury could soon be available in California. ...Read More | |||
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Duff: Is Diva Limousine's Race-to-the-Bottom Suit Against Uber Coherent? | 10/23/2018 | |
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| By: Michael C. Duff | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The pattern has now become clear. The Uber strategy continues to be to shunt as many independent contractor suits into arbitration as possible, where it no doubt hopes they will be silently and favorably (or at any rate non-precedentially) resolved. ...Read More | |||
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Young: Fitzpatrick and 4662(b) | 10/22/2018 | |
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| By: Julius Young | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The paths one chooses can make a big difference. That’s the ultimate takeaway from a September California Court of Appeal (Third Appellate District) decision, Departme...Read More | |||
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Kim: A Review of King v. CompPartners | 10/19/2018 | |
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| Source: David Kim | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| In King v. CompPartners, the California Supreme Court held that the exclusive remedy provisions under California Labor Code § 3602(a) limit one’s ability to proceed outside t...Read More | |||
