Industry Insights
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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 | |||
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Duff: What COVID-19 Laid Bare | 08/27/2021 | |
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| By: Michael C. Duff | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| I'm writing this post in scorching Saint Louis, where I am a visiting professor at Saint Louis University School of Law for the fall semester teaching workers' compensation and torts. ...Read More | |||
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Torrey: Article Focuses on Injuries to Hospital Volunteers | 08/26/2021 | |
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| By: David B. Torrey | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| In a new, practical, article — falling into the category of risk management counseling — the authors identify and explain the federal statutory and regulatory authorities that govern hospital planning for emergency conditions, with a focus on the thorny issue of how such ins...Read More | |||
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Langham: Fees on Costs | 08/25/2021 | |
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| By: David Langham | |||
| State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| An interesting subject is adjudicated in Bustos v. Nissan Motor Corp. ...Read More | |||
| CAAA: Give a Damn | 08/24/2021 | ||
| By: California Applicants' Attorneys Association | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Right now, 22 million Californians are receiving their ballots in the mail for the Sept. 14 recall election. And each voter who needs the ballot in a language other than English is getting that ballot in that language. Secretary of State Shirley Weber is making it happen,&n...Read More | |||
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Langham: Violence, Arising and Course | 08/23/2021 | |
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| By: David Langham | |||
| State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Much has been written lately regarding a legal foundation in workers' compensation, the compensability test of “arising out of." While the recent state of litigation is largely tied to the reasonably recent appellate decision in Valcourt-Williams v. Sedgwick, the “a...Read More | |||
