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Gelman: Intentional Wrong? 05/27/2025
By: Jon L. Gelman
State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0
Employers' liability insurance policies generally exclude coverage for intentional wrongs committed against employees, even if those employees also pursue workers' compensation claims. ...Read More
 
 

Wroten: State's Workers' Comp Crisis a Stark Contrast to National Stability 05/23/2025
By: Jon Wroten
State: CA | Segment: Top | 0
A recent article in WorkCompCentral, titled “Comp Is a Cash Cow, but Insurers Want Higher Rates,” suggests that California's workers' compensation system is t...Read More
 
 

Montgomery: Comp Is a Cash Cow, but Insurers Want Higher Rates 05/21/2025
By: Catherine Montgomery
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0
The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau voted to ask  California’s Insurance Commissioner to increase workers’ comp insurance rates by 11.2%. ...Read More
 
 

Snyder: Credible Negotiation 05/19/2025
By: Teddy Snyder
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0
Let's say you’ve decided to initiate settlement negotiations even though the other side hasn’t shown any interest at this point. ...Read More
 
 

Paduda: The State of Work Comp 05/16/2025
By: Joe Paduda
State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0
The National Council on Compensation Insurance's 2025 "State of the Line" report says: ...Read More
 
 

Snyder: Two Opposing Views on Litigation Management 05/14/2025
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0
For decades, I have encouraged parties to evaluate early and often with a view to closing cases to minimize the expenditure of time, money and stress. I was recently surprised by the published contrary view of a litigation management expert. ...Read More
 
 

Montgomery: City Pays Doctor $32 to Treat Injured Employee 05/12/2025
By: Catherine Montgomery
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0
Across the nation, providers struggle to treat injured workers without financially damaging their practices. The problem is especially ugly in California, where extreme reimbursement discounting is rampant. ...Read More
 
 

Gelman: Medical Reports Matter 05/09/2025
By: Jon L. Gelman
State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0
The U.S. District Court recently vacated and remanded a decision by the commissioner of Social Security, emphasizing the critical importance of considering all relevant medical evidence, particularly reports generated within the context of a workers' compensation claim.  ...Read More
 
 

Montgomery: Rand Gets $300K for UR Study. What's the ROI? 05/05/2025
By: Catherine Montgomery
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0
The California Department of Industrial Relations plans to address the state’s broken utilization review system by paying frequent contract recipient Rand Corp. $300,000 to study UR data on injured workers’ access to care during the first 30 days of a claim....Read More
 
 

Salem: Respondent Who Is Not Employer May Not Owe Filing Fee 05/02/2025
By: Jane Salem
State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0
A respondent in a workers’ compensation claim may not be taxed with the filing fee at the conclusion of the case unless that respondent has admitted, stipulated or acknowledged being the “employer” or is adjudged by the court as the employer. ...Read More
 
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