Industry Insights
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Grinberg: COVID and Asbestos | 09/13/2021 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| I theorized that industrial COVID deaths resulting in transmission to and death of the employee’s family members could possibly follow the path of asbestos and pursue remedies against the employer in civil court rather than ...Read More | |||
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Geaney: Employee's Parking Lot Injury Compensable | 09/10/2021 | |
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| By: John H. Geaney | |||
| State: NJ | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Cases involving parking lot injuries continue to generate divergent results in the Division of Workers’ Compensation and the Appellate Division. Walker v...Read More | |||
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Gelman: Methylene Chloride Remains Fatal Hazard in Workplace | 09/09/2021 | |
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| By: Jon L. Gelman | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Exposure to paint strippers containing methylene chloride remains a severe health concern for workers. ...Read More | |||
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Moreno: The Census and Eliminating Bias | 09/08/2021 | |
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| By: Cynthia Moreno | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| In case you missed it, the 2020 Census data released earlier last month revealed a few not-so-astonishing facts that for Californians have been the norm for quite some time: The United States is becoming more diverse, multiethnic, multiracial and less white. ...Read More | |||
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Gelman: Workers' Compensation Benefits for Long COVID | 09/07/2021 | |
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| By: Jon L. Gelman | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| While the federal expanded benefits are ending for many workers on Labor Day, workers’ compensation benefits are still available for those who have been exposed to COVID at work and contract disease and remain ill from long COVID. ...Read More | |||
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Young: A Premature Decision | 09/03/2021 | |
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| By: Julius Young | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The California Division of Workers’ Compensation announced Wednesday that in-person hearings will resume as of Oct. 1 at most Workers' Compensation Appeals Board district offices. ...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: Prop. 22 Possibly Overturned. What Now? | 09/02/2021 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Do you remember Proposition 22? Gregor...Read More | |||
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Torrey: COVID Adjudications, Compensability of Infectious Diseases Explained | 09/01/2021 | |
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| By: David B. Torrey | |||
| State: PA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Act features no statutory presumption of causation for COVID-19. Yet, infectious diseases, including COVID, were, and are, as a matter of legal causation, compensable under the law. ...Read More | |||
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Geaney: When Does the Special Mission Exception to the Premises Rule Apply? | 08/31/2021 | |
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| By: John H. Geaney | |||
| State: NJ | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| One of the most misunderstood rules in workers’ compensation is the so-called “special mission” exception to the premises rule, which is New Jersey’s successor to the better known “going-and-coming rule.” ...Read More | |||
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Young: Sand in the Gears | 08/30/2021 | |
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| By: Julius Young | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The California Superior Court has thrown sand in the gears of the gig-platform companies. ...Read More | |||
