DePaolo's World

The third in a series , WorkCompCentral's latest special report on benefit adequacy, specifically temporary disability indemnity, takes ...

About half of the United States have capitated limits on the duration that an injured worker can get temporary disability indemnity bene...

A vexing question that some jurisdictions have addressed statutorily is, just how long is "temporary," as in temporarily tot...

We all basically know that the longer someone is off work due to a work injury, the more likely there's going to be increased disability...

Now we're in the last quarter of the year, things are winding down, and the industry is still debating the impact of SB 863. Yesterd...

The Labor Day holiday weekend gave me a couple extra days to think and write - excuse the length of this entry. My post, " The Word D...

The desperation of some lawmakers when it comes to resolving budget issues is impressive, if not downright scary to the average person, or i...

California leads the headlines this morning with two very interesting, but unrelated, developments. First, the Division of Workers' Comp...

Occasionally you will see me rant here over what I consider illogical claims handling decisions. This is one of those rants where a case we...