Industry Insights
Paduda: They Saw It Coming Years Ago | 11/07/2022 | ||
By: Joe Paduda | |||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
I wrote my first post on opioids and workers’ comp 19 years ago. Almost two decades later, the post, which was really an excerpt from a ...Read More | |||
Paduda: Complacency and Arrogance Part 2 | 11/01/2022 | ||
By: Joe Paduda | |||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
Last week’s post on complacency and arrogance struck a chord with quite a few readers. Some commented on the post and/or LinkedIn while more chose instead to email me directly. ...Read More | |||
Paduda: Complacency and Arrogance | 10/31/2022 | ||
By: Joe Paduda | |||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
Reading your own press clippings. Belittling competitors. Overweening self-confidence. ...Read More | |||
Geaney: Appellate Division Vacates Penalties, Fees Against Employer Pending New Hearing | 10/28/2022 | ||
By: John H. Geaney | |||
State: NJ | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
In Saiti v. Garden Homes, the petitioner received an award for $66,074 on Sept. 3, 2020. The terms of the settlement were memorialized in an order signed by the judge of compensation and both parties. ...Read More | |||
Young: Lyft Attempts a Stiff Arm | 10/27/2022 | ||
By: Julius Young | |||
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
A recent Workers' Compensation Appeals Board panel decision highlights some of the issues surrounding workers’ comp claims against gig worker ride-share companies. ...Read More | |||
Gelman: Booting Up Computer Is Considered 'Work' | 10/26/2022 | ||
By: Jon L. Gelman | |||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court’s summary judgment in favor of defendant Customer Connexx LLC and remanded for further proceedings in a collective actio...Read More | |||
Burk: Advice to Employers in Dealing With Potential Fraud | 10/25/2022 | ||
By: Maura Burk | |||
State: NJ | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
New Jersey Statutes Annotated 34:15-57.4 (commonly known as the Workers’ Compensation Fraud Act) states in pertinent part: ...Read More | |||
Addington: Presumptions in Workers' Compensation | 10/24/2022 | ||
By: Judge Brian Addington | |||
State: TN | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
History buffs like me will remember the words of H.M. Stanley: “Dr. Livingstone, I presume.” ...Read More | |||
Moore: Workers' Comp Presentation in Four Easy Steps | 10/21/2022 | ||
By: James Moore | |||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
Do not let preparing a workers' comp presentation, or any presentation, cause you to stress over what will seem easy once you complete the task. ...Read More | |||
CAAA: Other States, Other States, Other States | 10/19/2022 | ||
By: California Applicants' Attorneys Association | |||
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
For decades, every attack on injured workers has been based on "other states don’t do what California does," "California workers’ comp is too liberal” and "California should be like other states.” Gov. Gavin Newsom has taken the big, b...Read More | |||