By Karen C. Yotis, Esq. © Copyright 2012 LexisNexis. All rights reserved. When the Workers’ Injury Law & Advocacy Group (WILG) met in Chicago during 2012 to mark the 40th anniversary of the National Commission on State Workmen’s... Read More
Each week we'll be surveying what the media, state agencies, insurance companies, and others report in terms of workers' comp fraud. Just like a police blotter, our workers' comp fraud blotter lists recent arrests, charges, convictions and... Read More
It's a funny thing. You can go years without a sarcoidosis case and then you have two in the space of less than a week. Friday's post, A River Runs Through It (3/1/13) was about the denial of a claim for sarcoidosis. In yet another employer victory... Read More
Today's post comes to us courtesy of Mike Sensor. Mike contacted me last week with some background information in a case of first impression for which he was awaiting a bench ruling transcript from Sussex County Superior Court. I am always excited... Read More
By Jennifer C. Jordan, Esq., General Counsel, MEDVAL, LLC 2013 is shaping up to be a big year for MSP change. The question is whether that change will be good or bad. Last summer we were hopeful the new WCRC contractor would bring about positive change... Read More
First, hats off to Mike Sensor for bringing this case to my attention. Second, props to defense attorney Maria Newill, scoring another victory for the employer. Our flavor of the day, as far as case law is concerned, is a recent release from the DE Supreme... Read More
You've got to hand it to Mike Silverman. I count Mike among my dear friends and often find him at the top of my list of opponents. I have seen Mike in action recently as it relates to the client who speaks no English. Mike is fluent in Spanish and... Read More
I am really on a roll when it comes to occupational disease. No, I am not talking about my (unimpeachable) track record at the IAB; I am talking about a flurry of posts on exposure here in the First State. Today's case is so special, so multi-faceted... Read More