DePaolo's World

Gomer Pyle, the television character played by Jim Nabors on the Andy Griffith Show in the early 1960s catch phrase was, "surprise, sur...

When workers' compensation acts to shield an employer from egregious conduct, then the premise of the system needs to be reconsidered. I...

Some may dispute this, but Texas continues to be a leading innovator in workers' compensation concepts, and not just because it is the h...

Robert Beloten, chairman of the New York State Workers' Compensation Board (SWCB), issued a highly critical bulletin on the non-schedu...

A bit of a controversy is arising in psychiatric and psychological circles with the release of the 5th edition of the Diagnostic and Statist...

“My dad fought a war so this can never happen in America. I will not dishonor my father’s memory by giving up what he fought for. No, sir. W...

A recent Oregon case provides an interesting perspective on statutory presumptions, and is demonstrative of why I generally don't belie...