Workers' Compensation News
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Paduda: One Call, WCRI and a Correction/Expansion | 07/16/2019 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 85 | 0 | |||
| Too darn busy last week to get my usual three-five posts up. Things are calming down this week. ...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: Once Claim Accepted, Worker Must Transfer Care to MPN | 07/15/2019 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 126 | 0 | |||
| Often enough, we have an applicant attorney fighting tooth and nail, proverbially speaking, to keep out of a defendant’s medical provider network. ...Read More | |||
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Weinmann: Bad Faith Changes to Regulations Have Good Chance of Passage | 07/12/2019 | |
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| By: Robert Weinmann | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 169 | 0 | |||
| When a defendant objects to a bill for a medical-Legal expense, it must do so in compliance with LC 4622. Regulation 10451.1 is operative. Some defendants find the rules particularly onerous and want to tilt the process so ...Read More | |||
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Castillo: On the Backs of Injured Workers | 07/11/2019 | |
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| By: Michael Castillo | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 172 | 0 | |||
| The Workers' Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau (WCIRB) released its 2018 California Workers' Compensation Losses and Expenses report last week, showing another win for insurers as medical payments and losses declined, by roughly $100 million. ...Read More | |||
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Snyder: Evaluating the Denied Claim | 07/10/2019 | |
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| By: Teddy Snyder | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 162 | 0 | |||
| I recently mediated a partially denied claim where the attorney for the injured worker had no idea what the value of the future medical costs might be. It was an old dog claim, and treaters had been deposed multiple times. ...Read More | |||
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Gelman: The Dangers of Heat Illness | 07/09/2019 | |
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| By: Jon L. Gelman | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 255 | 0 | |||
| As temperatures rise in Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas and Oklahoma, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) reminds employers to protect their employees from the dangers of working in hot weather. ...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: City of Los Angeles Moves to Limit Port Automation | 07/08/2019 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 326 | 0 | |||
| Come on, let’s get real. For at least 85% of you, today is Monday because who in their right mind would come in on Friday, July 5, right? So, you did the sane thing and took a four-day weekend. What better way to celebrate Independence Day than to exercise a bit of freedom an...Read More | |||
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Langham: Labels Matter | 07/05/2019 | |
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| By: David Langham | |||
| State: FL | Segment: Top | 153 | 0 | |||
| In June, the Florida First District Court of Appeal rendered Lafleur v. The Arbor Holding Co. The court reversed the trial judge, citing ...Read More | |||
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Young: Presiding Judges | 07/03/2019 | |
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| By: Julius Young | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 338 | 0 | |||
| PJs are important. No, I’m not talking about pajamas. ...Read More | |||
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Grinberg: WCAB Rules on Catastrophic Injuries | 07/02/2019 | |
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| By: Gregory Grinberg | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 208 | 0 | |||
| As you will recall, toward the end of 2012, the California Legislature passed Senate Bill 863, which, among other things limited increases in permanent disability as a result of compensable consequence psyche cases. ...Read More | |||
