Debbie Wilson now director of sales for Insurance Education Association By Lonce Lamonte - August 15, 2022 Insurance Education Association (IEA) has announced Debbie Wilson as director of sales. IEA offers many courses for workers’ compensation claims professionals and now also offers a workers’ compensation course for lawyers. Debbie Wilson has a sales career that extends more than 10 years.  She began at Competent Care Home Health where she got multiple contracts in workers’ compensation and headed the company’s marketing division. Read More

Employee Fired After Sleepwalking Incident. Loses Disability Discrimination Claim. : Claims Journal   August 10, 2022 An employee fired after she climbed into a colleague’s bed while sleepwalking at a hotel during an out-of-town conference has no disability discrimination claim, a three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last month.

ATM Theft Numbers Continue to Climb After Surpassing Historic Highs: Claims Journal   August 9, 2022 Appeals Court Reverses Verdict Against Surgeon in Spinal Implant Kickback Case: Claims Journal   July 28, 2022 Buchalter product-liability chair used sexually harassing acronyms, lawsuit alleges: ABA Journal  July 20, 2022

California Division of Workers' Compensation Announces Return to In-Person Walk-Throughs By Lonce Lamonte and the California DIR Newsline - August 9, 2022 p> The Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) today announced that all DWC district offices except Eureka will acc... Read More

Safety comes after flash flooding closes Death Valley roads By Lonce Lamonte - August 8, 2022 No injuries were reported after the monumental rains in Death Valley on Friday.  Read More

Jury in trial of applicants’ attorney Jon Woods now in deliberations. By Lonce Lamonte - July 31, 2022 The jury is now in deliberation in the trial of applicants’ attorney, Jon Woods.Read More

The Property Claims Investigation By By Barry Zalma, Esq. CFE - August 9, 2021 Insurers are large organizations with varying levels of authority for the payment of claims. The adjus... Read More

Cheryl Scott, City Of Glendale Workers’ Compensation Administrator, To Retire At End Of March 2020. She plans to work part-time and be in the audience at the Hollywood Bowl. By Lonce Lamonte - February 26, 2020 Cheryl Scott, the Workers’ Compensation Administrator at the City of Glendale, is retiring coming up... Read More