Industry Insights
Salem: Top Appellate Decisions of 2023, Part 2 | 02/02/2024 | ||
By: Jane Salem | |||
State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | |||
Welcome back. Jane Salem In the&nbs...Read More | |||
Salem: Top Appellate Decisions of 2023, Part 1 | 02/01/2024 | ||
By: Jane Salem | |||
State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | |||
Usually, I begin a new year with a recap of every workers’ compensation appellate opinion (except the memoranda) of the past year from the Tennessee Supreme Court’s Special Workers’ Compensation Appeals Panel and the Appeals Board. ...Read More | |||
Wickert: The Intentional Act Exception to the Exclusive Remedy Rule | 01/31/2024 | ||
By: Gary L. Wickert | |||
State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
The quid pro quo premise underlying the social compromise known as workers’ compensation is simple: An employee injured at work receives no-fault medical expenses and wage replacement indemnity benefits and, in exchange, the employer is given protection from employee lawsuits and ...Read More | |||
Geaney: A New Presumption for Private-Sector EMTs, Paramedics | 01/29/2024 | ||
By: John H. Geaney | |||
State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | |||
The recent passage of A5909 has generated many questions from hospitals and private-sector ambulance companies that provide EMT and paramedic services. ...Read More | |||
Paduda: What Should Happen in Workers' Comp but Probably Won't | 01/24/2024 | ||
By: Joe Paduda | |||
State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
I’ve finally figured out that what I think should happen often doesn’t. ...Read More | |||
Langham: Taking the Complexity Out of Comp | 01/23/2024 | ||
By: David Langham | |||
State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | |||
In "My Favorite Year," Peter O'Toole plays Alan Swann. He is a flawed protagonist, and it presents an entertaining premise. ...Read More | |||
Moore: Updating Workers' Comp Email Lists | 01/22/2024 | ||
By: James Moore | |||
State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
Whether delegating the task or doing it yourself, updating workers' comp email lists, or any email list, can be one of those procrastination generators. ...Read More | |||
Moore: Post-Pandemic Payroll Effect Causes Higher Premiums | 01/19/2024 | ||
By: James Moore | |||
State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | |||
One of the most popular questions we have received since early last year concerns the spike in experience mods, also known as E-mods or X-mods. One of the most common factors that J&L has seen over the last few years is the post-pandemic payroll effect. Yes, I just coined that term...Read More | |||
CAAA: Not an Isolated Issue | 01/17/2024 | ||
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
For years, we have experienced the frustrations that come with trying to make the workers’ compensation system run better for injured people. The challenge has always been the arcane nature of the system, the isolated examples of unfair treatment and the low pulse the issue sen...Read More | |||
Young: The 2024 Golden State Workers' Comp Quiz | 01/16/2024 | ||
By: Julius Young | |||
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | |||
What lies in store for the California workers’ compensation system in 2024? ...Read More | |||