Industry Insights
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Grinberg: Absent Evidence of Causation, At-Work Collapse Not AOE/COE | 01/18/2019 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Pop quiz: A worker collapses on the job and ultimately expires. No witnesses appear with an explanation of what happened — no trauma, no blows, no anything. He just collapses and dies. ...Read More | |||
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Duff: Empty Pre-Emption of Workers' Compensation | 01/17/2019 | |
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| Source: Michael C. Duff | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| I am interested in conflicts between federal and state law in the context of workers’ compensation. And I am especially interested in a phenomenon I have called empty pre-emption: when federal law with little or no substance displaces state law possessing substance. ...Read More | |||
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Anders: New Year Brings New Enhancements to MSPRP | 01/16/2019 | |
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| By: Daniel Anders | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Over the past year, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has been enhancing its web-based Medicare Secondary Recovery Portal, which has improved its usefulness in identifying and resolving Medicare conditional payments. ...Read More | |||
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Snyder: The Ingredients of Effective Mediation | 01/15/2019 | |
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| By: Teddy Snyder | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| What are the attributes of effective mediation? These four principles are integral: ...Read More | |||
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Fish: Reform Proposal's Chances Look Slim | 01/14/2019 | |
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| By: Mike Fish | |||
| State: AL | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| In November of 2017, the Alabama State Bar appointed a task force to review the Alabama Workers’ Compensation Act and make recommendations for improvement. ...Read More | |||
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Moore: Workers' Comp Judicial Hellholes Report, 2018 Version | 01/11/2019 | |
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| Source: James Moore | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The workers' comp judicial hellholes was taken from the American Tort Reform Foundation’s Judicial Hellholes for 2018-2019. The Judicial Hellholes ...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: WCAB Rejects 'Every Specific Injury Is a Violent Act' Theory | 01/10/2019 | |
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| Source: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| I have repeatedly expressed my frustration with the interpretation of Labor Code Section 4660.1(c)(1) and the “violent act” definition. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: Predictions for Workers' Comp in 2019, Part 2 | 01/09/2019 | |
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| Source: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| I'm continuing my predictions for workers’ comp in 2019. The first five were Tuesday. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: Predictions for Workers' Comp in 2019, Part 1 | 01/08/2019 | |
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| Source: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| If there were ever an impossible-to-predict year, 2019 is it. ...Read More | |||
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Wickert: State Adopts 'Frye Standard' for Experts | 01/07/2019 | |
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| Source: Gary L. Wickert | |||
| State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Florida’s tug-of-war between its courts and its Legislature regarding the appropriate standard for a judge to use to assess the admissibility of an expert’s opinion testimony has finally been settled. ...Read More | |||
