Industry Insights
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Geaney: ESA Not a Payment for Disputed Claim | 07/18/2022 | |
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| By: John H. Geaney | |||
| State: NJ | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The case of Donald Servais v. Ocean Wholesale Nursery LLC. presents an unusual legal issue in workers’ compensation. ...Read More | |||
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Moore: Guaranty Funds: Safety Nets for Injured Employees | 07/15/2022 | |
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| By: James Moore | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Workers' comp guaranty funds become one of the most critical areas for employers, employees and medical providers whenever the unthinkable happens in the claim process. ...Read More | |||
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Young: AB 5, Truckers and the Ports | 07/14/2022 | |
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| By: Julius Young | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The California Trucking Association and various California owner-operator truckers have lost their battle to avoid application of AB 5 to their businesses. On June 30, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the case. ...Read More | |||
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Snyder: Will This New Medi-Cal Law Affect Your Settlement? | 07/13/2022 | |
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| By: Teddy Snyder | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| You might have read about a new law effective Jan. 1, 2022, amending California Welfare and Institutions Code §14005.62 to remove the asset limit to qualify for medical services under Medi-Cal, California’s version of Medicaid. ...Read More | |||
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Kamin: Psych Cases: Return to Work Should Lower PD | 07/12/2022 | |
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| By: John P. Kamin | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| When conducting discovery in psych cases, it’s important to make sure that medical evaluators are completely aware of any return to work and attempts to return to the workplace after the initial date of injury when evaluating impairment. ...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: About That Other SCOTUS Decision ... | 07/11/2022 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Naturally, since June 24, when the United States Supreme Court issued its ruling overturning Roe v. Wade, almost all attention has been focused on that decision, and understandably so. Few issues in American political discourse trigger such strong emotions and such polarizing ...Read More | |||
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Duff: Tyson Losing Defense Production Act COVID Cases | 07/08/2022 | |
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| By: Michael C. Duff | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| As we predicted here, the Defense Production Act defenses in the worker death cases by Tyson went nowhere. ...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: Take-Home COVID in Play Again Before Supreme Court | 07/07/2022 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| I hope you aren’t tired of hearing more about COVID-19, because there has been a new development in the Kuciemba case. ...Read More | |||
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Langham: An Evidence Constraint | 07/06/2022 | |
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| By: David Langham | |||
| State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| On May 5, the governor signed SB 542 (whose companion had been HB 411 until it was "laid on the table"...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: Reminder About Defense Burden on Apportionment | 07/05/2022 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Let’s take a moment to look at a panel decision on apportionment. ...Read More | |||
