Industry Insights
| Lynch: Nurses, Nursing Assistants and Back Injuries: 'Twas Ever Thus | 10/11/2018 | ||
| Source: Tom Lynch | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Lynch Ryan’s very first client was a Massachusetts community hospital where the experience modification factor was 2.77, primarily due to nursing and nursing assistant back injuries. The year was 1984, 86 years after Mrs. Robb’s ...Read More | |||
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Mahjoubi: Legislation Combats Fraud and Abuse in Lien Practices | 10/10/2018 | |
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| By: David F. Mahjoubi | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The California Legislature has taken additional steps to combat fraud and abuses in lien practices not resolved by SB 863. ...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: Fearmongering Abounds for Rare Side Effects of Chiropractic Care | 10/09/2018 | |
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| Source: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| It is no secret in the workers’ compensation community that defendants generally dislike and disapprove of chiropractors, whether as primary treating physicians or as qualified medical evaluators. ...Read More | |||
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Duff: Question of Employee Misclassification Is for Arbitrators | 10/08/2018 | |
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| Source: Michael C. Duff | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Months ago, I asked whether arbitrators would decide the scope of the gig economy. ...Read More | |||
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Jacobsmeyer: Appellate Court Rejects PTD 'In Accordance With the Fact' | 10/05/2018 | |
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| By: Jake Jacobsmeyer | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The 3rd District Court of Appeal has issued a stunning decision rejecting the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board's reliance on an award by a judge of permanent total disability based on Labor Code 4662(b)’s language of disability "in accordance with the fact.” ...Read More | |||
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Truong: Insight Into the Severe Violator Enforcement Program | 10/04/2018 | |
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| Source: Jennifer L. Truong | |||
| State: WA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| For Washington state employers who have demonstrated indifference to their Washington Industrial and Safety and Health Act obligations, the Department of Labor and Industries' Division of Occupational Safety and Health may add your company to Severe Violator Enforcement Program, which can res...Read More | |||
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Fein: Let's Open Our Eyes to Work Safety Issues | 10/03/2018 | |
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| Source: Lewis Fein | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Beware of those who seek to revise history by erasing or rewriting it altogether. ...Read More | |||
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Moore: What Is a Guaranteed Cost Program in Workers' Compensation? | 10/02/2018 | |
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| By: James Moore | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| What is a guaranteed cost program? Is that the type of policy I have in place now? ...Read More | |||
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Snyder: How Much Does Mediation Cost? | 10/01/2018 | |
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| Source: Teddy Snyder | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| You could pay $30,000 for a day with a retired state Supreme Court justice. Or you could pay about a tenth of that amount for an effective mediator. ...Read More | |||
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Brady: The Wrong Question Asked Too Late | 09/28/2018 | |
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| Source: Francis M. Brady | |||
| State: IL | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| “Why is this file still open?” Francis M. Brady...Read More | |||
