Industry Insights
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Geaney: The Crucial Importance of Investigating Subsequent Accidents | 09/02/2020 | |
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| By: John H. Geaney | |||
| State: NJ | Segment: Top | 215 | 0 | |||
| Workers’ compensation claims professionals know how important it is to ask about prior injuries in workers’ compensation. That information can bear directly on causation and will often lead to credits at the time of settlement. ...Read More | |||
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Barthel: Are Temp Job Assignments to Religious Employers Unconstitutional? | 09/01/2020 | |
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| By: Donald R. Barthel | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 370 | 0 | |||
| You've been there: The injured employee has temporary work restrictions that the employer cannot accommodate. What are your options? ...Read More | |||
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Wickert: The Danger of Not Intervening in Third-Party Litigation | 08/31/2020 | |
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| By: Gary L. Wickert | |||
| State: KS | Segment: Top | 229 | 0 | |||
| The Kansas Court of Appeals is holding class on why it is important to have subrogation counsel in workers’ compensation subrogation third-party cases, even in states that are favorable to carriers. ...Read More | |||
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Moore: Whatever Happened to Recorded Statements? | 08/28/2020 | |
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| By: James Moore | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 243 | 0 | |||
| Not too long ago, workers' comp recorded statements appeared in every file where the injured worker received any type of weekly comp benefits, such as a mailed check. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: BWC's Dividends and Drug Costs | 08/27/2020 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: OH | Segment: Top | 191 | 0 | |||
| Last week, Ohio’s Bureau of Workers’ Compensation announced it will consider $1.5 billion in dividends to policyholders. ...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: Post-C&R Voucher Obligations | 08/26/2020 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 342 | 0 | |||
| I bring you the panel decision in the case of Juan Quinonez v. Bodega Latina Corporation. Therein, the parties had reached a compromise and release agreement, but apparently the C&R did not cover the issue of the Supplemental Job Displacement Benefit voucher, which th...Read More | |||
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Castillo: Threats and Scare Tactics | 08/25/2020 | |
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| By: Michael Castillo | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 528 | 0 | |||
| Uber and Lyft can continue to misclassify their drivers as independent contractors, at least until October, due to a California Court of Appeal ruling issued in the wake of the companies’ threats and scare tactics to shutter operations in the state. ...Read More | |||
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Young: Rope-a-Dope | 08/24/2020 | |
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| By: Julius Young | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 364 | 0 | |||
| Uber and Lyft won’t be shutting down just yet. ...Read More | |||
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Moore: Subs of Subs Become Employees | 08/21/2020 | |
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| By: James Moore | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 343 | 0 | |||
| Early in my career, my insurance company employer sent me to what was a whirlwind of legal terms and concepts known as subrogation. ...Read More | |||
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Barthel: The Trials and Tribulations of Subpoenas | 08/20/2020 | |
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| By: Donald R. Barthel | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 264 | 0 | |||
| Every adjuster has been there: You're sitting at your claims desk (or, in the era of coronavirus, on your couch wearing your bunny slippers) when you receive a subpoena for your file. ...Read More | |||
