Industry Insights
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Stevens: Revisiting the Valdez Decision's Impacts on Non-MPN Reports | 08/06/2021 | |
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| By: Daniel R. Stevens | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| When analyzing whether one is liable for temporary disability benefits, it’s important for adjusters to remember that the state Supreme Court’s 2013 decision in Valdez v. WCAB stated that non-MPN reports are still admissible for purposes of obtaining temporary disability ben...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: Time to Check Your Bills and Liens | 08/05/2021 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 1 | |||
| Readers might recall a blog post back from 2018 about Sam Solakyan, who was accused of a fairly large workers’ compensation fraud scheme involving several imaging facilities. ...Read More | |||
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Moreno: How Will Vaccine Requirements Affect Comp? | 08/04/2021 | |
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| By: Cynthia Moreno | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 1 | |||
| You have probably read the news: California Gov. Gavin Newsom is requiring health care and state government workers to get vaccinated to protect themselves — and others — against COVID-19. His reasoning is simple: COVID-19 cases are on the rise across California, and the del...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: WCAB Finds 132a Violation in Post-C&R Termination | 08/03/2021 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| What’s the average Labor Code 132a claim like? ...Read More | |||
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Torrey: Tort Reform to Emphasize More Timely Compensation of Victims | 08/02/2021 | |
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| By: David B. Torrey | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| In a new article, a scholar advocates for modification of tort law so that the negligence-action goal of providing compensation to tort victims can be better realized. ...Read More | |||
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Moore: Workers' Comp Adjuster Turnover | 07/30/2021 | |
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| By: James Moore | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| I do not like to write any articles on how the pandemic has affected anything, but a workers' comp adjuster turnover trend spiked in early 2020. ...Read More | |||
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Young: Call Their Bluff | 07/29/2021 | |
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| By: Julius Young | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration appears to be pressuring state Sen. Steven Bradford to trim his anti-discrimination bill, Senate Bill 788. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: Cleaned Out by Trauma Centers | 07/28/2021 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| That giant sucking sound is coming from hospital trauma centers vacuuming thousands out of your wallet. ...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: Parts of WCAB Reopening in Person | 07/27/2021 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| The question that is asked over and over by every Californian, and, of course, every workers’ compensation practitioner, is if we are going back to “normal” and if so, then when? For well over a year now, every hearing has been either over the phone or via LifeSize, and alm...Read More | |||
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Paduda: COVID-Related Treatment Delays | 07/26/2021 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | |||
| Didn’t happen. Joe Paduda ...Read More | |||
