Industry Insights
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Torrey: COVID Long-Haulers and Their Disability Remedy | 03/17/2021 | |
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| By: David B. Torrey | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Many in the workers’ compensation insurance industry have been trying to predict what costs COVID-19 will ultimately impose. ...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: Emergency Med-Legal Regs Extended to Mid-October 2021 | 03/16/2021 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| One of the very, very thin silver linings of the lockdowns we’re still slogging through has been the compulsory trial of remote litigation and work for the workers’ comp bar. For the last year, depositions have been done almost exclusively via videoconference, hearings over the p...Read More | |||
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Moore: Why Does Loss Run Stay Open? | 03/15/2021 | |
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| By: James Moore | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| A new blog and newsletter reader asked a question last week after reviewing loss runs: We have a very old workers' comp subrogation claim open after seven years. Will that affect our experience mod? Why is it not closed? ...Read More | |||
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Young: Rethinking the Kitchen Sink Strategy | 03/12/2021 | |
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| By: Julius Young | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Will the newly amended Medical-Legal Fee Schedule regulations result in a change in California workers’ comp culture? ...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: Guzman Rebuttal Only for Applicant's Gain? | 03/11/2021 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| It should come as no surprise to frequent readers that I am a keen observer of the fact that life is not fair. However, besides my own perceptions of the human experience, I frequently hear the laments that the rulings of the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board are particularly unfa...Read More | |||
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Snyder: Why It's Almost Always Better to Settle | 03/10/2021 | |
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| By: Teddy Snyder | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| LaQuan Tremell Taylor’s injuries were horrific. The 27-year-old veteran was robbed, carjacked and shot in the parking lot of a Kroger grocery store in Atlanta. ...Read More | |||
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Geaney: No Section 40 Lien Deduction for Petitioner's Share of Counsel Fees | 03/09/2021 | |
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| By: John H. Geaney | |||
| State: NJ | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| We all know certain events are going to happen every year: Alabama is going to play for the national football championship, your property taxes will certainly rise, Tom Brady will be in the Super Bowl and, most likely of all, someone is going to challenge the way Section 40 liens are ca...Read More | |||
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Paduda: It's Not That Hard, People | 03/08/2021 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Over the last few years, I’ve been involved in multiple engagements with workers' comp payers where their “vendors” just weren’t performing. ...Read More | |||
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Moore: Home Ergonomics Advice | 03/05/2021 | |
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| By: James Moore | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Recently, I viewed a webinar on home ergonomics advice from ErgoSmith that is owned by Mindy Smith. I have seen her present at least five or six times over the last 15 years. If you contact her, she may share the whole presen...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: Legislature Considers Hospital Employee Presumption | 03/04/2021 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| I would like to put forth a modest proposal. What if workers’ compensation were used only for work-related injuries? ...Read More | |||
