Industry Insights
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Lim: Defendant With Lion's Share of CT Doesn't Always Get the Election | 06/10/2022 | |
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| By: David K. Lim | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Typically, in a cumulative trauma claim where there are two carriers having partial coverage, the applicant will elect against one of the co-defendants under Labor Code 5500.5. ...Read More | |||
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Barrios: Bringing COVID-19 Home to Your Spouse | 06/09/2022 | |
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| By: Brigget Barrios | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| There is no question that COVID-19 altered our existence as humans. Worldwide, the pandemic has touched all aspects of daily life. It is not surprising, then, that we are still seeing the ripple effects in the California workers’ compensation system. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: Those Damn Facility Fees | 06/08/2022 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: PA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| If you are a work comp payer, you don’t have to pay those ridiculous facility fees when care is delivered outside the hospital — at least not in Pennsylvania. ...Read More | |||
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Geaney: Appellate Division Endorses Penalty Assessed for Late Payment | 06/07/2022 | |
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| By: John H. Geaney | |||
| State: NJ | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| There are few cases in the Appellate Division that discuss penalties for late payments of permanency awards, so the recently published decision in Ripp v. Cou...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: WCAB Rejects Psych PD, Places Burden on Applicant | 06/06/2022 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| In the panel case of Sosa v. Race Engineering Inc., applicant claimed injury to his hand, psyche, internal system, skin, gastrointestinal system and sleep as a result of an admitted injury, but defendant accepted only the hand. ...Read More | |||
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Burk: Advice to Employers in Dealing With Dependency, Lifetime Benefits | 06/03/2022 | |
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| By: Maura Burk | |||
| State: NJ | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| What happens if an employee dies during the pendency of the open and ongoing workers’ compensation claim? The answer to this depends on a few factors. ...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: Fraudster Spotted Working the Morning of Her Deposition | 06/02/2022 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| I bring you the story of another “successful” fraud prosecution, this one of Yeimi Espinoza, as reported by WorkCompCentral. ...Read More | |||
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Gelman: Dual Employment Status Bars Double Recovery | 06/01/2022 | |
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| By: Jon L. Gelman | |||
| State: NJ | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| An employee may have dual employers but ultimately can receive only a single recovery from only one employer for work-related injuries. ...Read More | |||
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Moore: Budgeting Mistake Made With X-Mods | 05/31/2022 | |
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| By: James Moore | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| A frequent workers' comp budgeting mistake I see at least quarterly is when a low experience modification increases or decreases significantly. Most of the time, the budgeting mistake comes when a lower mod increases to what would be considered another lower mod. ...Read More | |||
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Young: Framing Reform Discussions | 05/27/2022 | |
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| By: Julius Young | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| This may be a year for significant California workers’ comp reforms. The last major reforms were a decade ago, in 2012, under Gov. Jerry Brown. ...Read More | |||
