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Fish: Workers' Compensation Act Provides Sole Remedy for Late Indemnity Payments 03/03/2021
By: Mike Fish
State: AL | Segment: Top | 0
On Friday, the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals released its opinions concerning three petitions for mandamus that arose out of an action for contempt. ...Read More
 
 

Forman: Facebook Friends and Conflicts of Interest 01/20/2021
By: Zachary T. Forman
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0
Many questions keep me up late at night and into the early morning. You know, those questions that circle around and around in your head searching for an answer. ...Read More
 
 

Fish: Attorney General Says Vaccination Side Effects Are Covered by Comp 01/08/2021
By: Mike Fish
State: AL | Segment: Top | 0
At least, that was the opinion of the Alabama attorney general on Feb. 3, 2003.  ...Read More
 
 
Friedman: Telephonic Testimony at the WCAB — Pros and Cons 06/26/2020
By: Heywood G. Friedman
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0
The COVID-19 Pandemic is necessitating significant changes to the procedures for adjudicating California workers' compensation claims. The impracticality of “social distancing” in a courtroom setting has required applicants and employers to use technology such as telephonic attorn...Read More
 
 

Fruin: How to Address Workers' Compensation Claims From Telecommuters 04/17/2020
By: Shawna G. Fruin
State: WA | Segment: Top | 0
Given Washington’s stay-at-home orders, many employers made quick arrangements to have a significant amount of their workforce telecommute from home. ...Read More
 
 
Friedman: 8 Rules to Know for Telehealth Medical Treatment Exams 04/13/2020
By: Heywood G. Friedman
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0
On March 19, the California Division of Workers’ Compensation announced rules for telehealth medical treatment for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic: ...Read More
 
 

Friedman: Strategies for Defense of Post-Layoff CT Claims in the Coronavirus Era 04/01/2020
By: Heywood G. Friedman
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0
It is an anticipated, unfortunate consequence of the COVID-19 health crisis that many employers in California will soon lay off a significant quantity of their workforce. Layoffs in the range of 80% are estimated in the retail, hospitality and construction fields. ...Read More
 
 

Fruin, Lam and Reinisch: Coronavirus and Workers' Compensation 03/05/2020
Source: Shawna Fruin, Vincci Lam and Steven Reinisch
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0
The news of coronavirus spreading around the globe is alarming, prompting all of us at Reinisch Wilson Weier to think about how to plan and prepare for the unknown. ...Read More
 
 

Fitzpatrick: Medical Malpractice and Workers' Compensation Subrogation in the Golden State 09/12/2019
By: Peter V. Fitzpatrick
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0
One of the quirks of California workers’ compensation law is that insurance carriers cannot subrogate against medical malpractice lawsuits. ...Read More
 
 

Fein: Better Treatments for Opioid Addiction 07/31/2019
By: Lewis Fein
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0
The opioid epidemic is a moral hazard of existential proportions — a test of the moral health of the insurance industry in which the question is, will insurers acknowledge the severity of this threat by subsidizing better ways to treat it? ...Read More
 
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