Industry Insights
Langham: Attorney Fee Distribution Remains Similar | 12/28/2017 | ||
By: David Langham | |||
State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
Attorney fees are a consistent interest in the Office of Judges of Compensation Claims Annual Reports. Much of the focus seems to be on the attorney fees approved in a given fiscal year, reported recently in ...Read More | |||
Keefe: WC Commission Holds the Line on Medical Fees | 12/27/2017 | ||
By: Eugene Keefe | |||
State: IL | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
Last week, I was mildly surprised to see Crain’s Chicago Business report a planned change to the state Medical Fee Schedule. The idea was to vote on a ...Read More | |||
Paduda: What's Happening With Investments in Work Comp Services? | 12/26/2017 | ||
By: Joe Paduda | |||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
The investment community’s interest in workers’ comp remains high. Not as high as it was a few years back when deals came almost every month, but high nonetheless. What’s different is the size of the investments we’re seeing, which isn’t a surprise. ...Read More | |||
Young: The Fraud Audit | 12/22/2017 | ||
By: Julius Young | |||
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
The California State Auditor recently released a December 2017 audit report on fraud in the California workers’ comp system. ...Read More | |||
Langham: Attorneys Fees in Florida Increased | 12/21/2017 | ||
By: David Langham | |||
State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
The Office of Judges of Compensation Claims is required by law to approve all attorneys' fees paid by, or on behalf of, an injured worker. There is no such specific requirement for the approval of fees paid by employer/carriers for their defense counsel representation. ...Read More | |||
Richards: Avoiding Overpayment in a Workers' Compensation Case | 12/20/2017 | ||
By: Ted Richards | |||
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
In California, a workers' compensation case often resembles a rusty radiator. Unnecessary leakage cost and benefit can arise from myriad pitfalls created by the complexity of the California system and the uneven playing field it often causes. ...Read More | |||
Keefe: Understanding Workers' Comp Exclusivity | 12/19/2017 | ||
By: Eugene Keefe | |||
State: IL | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
All sides in a workers’ comp claim have to have a sense of the rights and responsibilities of the parties to an injured or ill workers’ claim. One confusing aspect of the workers’ comp system is that the employee can sometimes “choose” to make it a workers’ com...Read More | |||
Johnson: SIF Premium Assessment Increase | 12/18/2017 | ||
By: Arthur L. Johnson | |||
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
In my opinion, there are three reasons for the increases in California's Subsequent Injuries Benefits Trust Fund costs: SB 899 and the Escobedo case. SB 899 and the ...Read More | |||
Gelman: Unpaid Volunteer Firefighter not Entitled to Temporary Benefits | 12/15/2017 | ||
By: Jon L. Gelman | |||
State: NJ | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
The New Jersey Appellate Division held, in an unreported opinion, that an unpaid and unemployed volunteered firefighter was not entitled to temporary workers’ compensat...Read More | |||
Gorman: Non-IBR Medical-Legal Disputes Increasing Litigation | 12/14/2017 | ||
By: Patrick C. Gorman | |||
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
You receive an odd-looking petition, titled “Petition for Determination of Non-IBR Medical Legal Dispute,” from the friendly neighborhood workers’ compensation chiropractor, on a case you settled in 2014. ...Read More | |||