Industry Insights
| 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 | |||
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Fruin: How to Address Workers' Compensation Claims From Telecommuters | 04/17/2020 | |
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| 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 | |||
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Friedman: Strategies for Defense of Post-Layoff CT Claims in the Coronavirus Era | 04/01/2020 | |
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| 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 | |||
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Fruin, Lam and Reinisch: Coronavirus and Workers' Compensation | 03/05/2020 | |
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| 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 | |||
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Fitzpatrick: Medical Malpractice and Workers' Compensation Subrogation in the Golden State | 09/12/2019 | |
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| 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 | |||
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Fein: Better Treatments for Opioid Addiction | 07/31/2019 | |
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| 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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Fein: Visions of Safety and Pictures of Success | 04/02/2019 | |
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| Source: Lewis Fein | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Sight is the savior of the insurance industry. Lew...Read More | |||
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Fish: High Court Upholds Record-Setting Retaliatory Discharge Verdict | 03/25/2019 | |
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| Source: Mike Fish | |||
| State: AL | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| On March 1, the Alabama Supreme Court issued its opinion regarding the largest retaliatory discharge jury verdict ever recorded in the state. ...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 | |||
