DePaolo's World

My mother taught me it is not nice to take delight in other's misfortunes, but New York's proposed 9.3% rate hike does cause a litt...

From WorkCompCentral News this morning - an example of "liberal interpretation" in favor of the injured worker: A New York ap...

There's a lot of consternation about California (and New York) raising the minimum wage level over the next 6 years to $15 an hour. ...

In the face of last year's negative press about erosion of benefits through the constant "reform" of workers' compensatio...

New York is the only state in the nation still with a "scaffold law." The scaffold law imposes absolute liability on contracto...

The teaser line for the movie trailer Poltergeist II is almost universally known: "They're ba-ack." It's now 2015, I...

WorkCompCentral correspondent, Michael Whitely, has been following and writing about New York-based Oriska Insurance Company for nearly a de...

How far do failed New York self-insurance trust issues go? Answer: All the way across the nation to the West Coast. In a lawsuit recently ...

Back in 2011 I said that New York represents all that is wrong with workers' compensation for three reasons: 1. A state agency that i...

Today the check goes out in the mail to the New York State Workers' Compensation Board. It's a half payment towards WorkCompCentra...

The tentacles of workers' compensation politics and the tangled weave of questionable ethics and morals runs deep. And I'm not s...

My dad was a pioneering dentist in California while I was growing up. He was the first in the state to have any automation in his dental o...

The New York Workers’ Compensation Board forwarded to Gov. Andrew Cuomo recommendations from Deloitte Consulting which was contracted to ide...

I know how Jay-Z, Jim Carey and Tina Fey feel now. I opened up the mail yesterday and was astounded to get a notice that WorkCompCentral is ...

I write sometimes about what would happen if there were no workers' compensation. Of course I postulate in facetiousness - obviously suc...

New York's highest court on Thursday unanimously ruled that workers' compensation exclusivity can shield an employer from tort liab...

Pricing medical services and goods is a sensitive subject and one that nearly always brings passionate debate. The cost of medicine in this ...