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Workers Comp Matters

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Workers’ compensation is about more than laws and benefits. It's about people. Attorneys Alan S. Pierce and Judson L. Pierce draw on decades of experience advocating for injured workers to explore the issues that matter most. Through insightful and engaging conversations with lawyers, doctors, industry leaders, and other experts, they examine everything from workplace injuries and recovery to important legal developments, national trends, and the occasional unusual case.

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171 episodes

  1. Rein in “AI Esq?” When AI Caselaw and Citations Run Amok, Courts Notice 36:21
  2. Marking 25 Years Since 9/11: Revisiting Our Discussion With Special Master Ken Feinberg 36:41
  3. Way Down South: Every State Is Different. The View From Alabama. 30:22
  4. Workplace and Joint Replacement: What’s On-The-Job and What’s Just Aging? 28:43
  5. Challenging the Way We Think About “Exclusive Remedy”. 31:40
  6. Collateral Damage: The Federal Workers’ Injury Comp Risk in a Government Shutdown 21:07
  7. Exploding Glue and Mermaid Dresses: When Workers’ Comp Gets Weird 33:07
  8. Leveraging Tech and AI (With a Compassion) in Workers’ Comp Management 27:40
  9. The “Magellans” Navigating Workers’ Comp Care: Nursing Case Managers 31:26
  10. Workplace Mental Health: Employee/Employer Perspectives Can Differ. 26:20
  11. “Many ills may strike, but one must answer.” Medical Causation Standards in Workers' Compensation Claims 32:59
  12. Workers’ Comp, Politics, and the Economy: A Concerning Mix 33:36
  13. A Teacher Injured in a School Shooting: When Is the School Responsible? 29:34
  14. When You’re Hot, You’re Hot: The Impact of Heat on Workplace Injuries 25:14
  15. First Responders and Workers’ Comp, Understanding Workplace Injuries and PTSD 39:59
  16. Exclusive Remedy: The “Great Bargain” (and the Exceptions) 34:00
  17. When Undocumented Immigrants Are Hurt at Work 29:25
  18. More “Strange but True” Workers’ Comp Cases (and What They Teach Us) 35:57
  19. Sprain? Strain? Subluxation? Medical Insights That Can Help Attorneys. 32:56
  20. Enhancing Your Argument With Storytelling 30:00
  21. AI May Be Big, But Nothing Replaces People In Workers’ Comp Claims 34:48
  22. Brain Strain: Workplace Psychological Injury Compensation 36:08
  23. New Study Asks if Having a Lawyer Boosts Workers Comp Payments 28:01
  24. VA Disability Claims: An Often Overlooked Benefit Source 35:42
  25. 50 Years In Workers’ Comp: Alan Pierce’s Observations and Reflections 34:50
  26. Using AI To Help Both Sides, Adjusters And Injured Workers 34:20
  27. A New Approach to Workers’ Comp: Being Nice? 34:33
  28. Alternative Medicine and Workers’ Comp Coverage: A Puzzle. 34:54
  29. New Insights: How A Worker’s Mental State Influences Injury Recovery 28:18
  30. The “Multi-Tentacled Monster:” Repetitive Stress Claims 32:20
  31. Think You Know Workers’ Comp? The Times, They Are A Changing! 40:42
  32. When Things Get Weird, Volume 2: Unusual Cases of Workers’ Comp 37:09
  33. Fighting The “HIPAA Police,” Accessing Your Client’s Medical Records 37:13
  34. Long COVID And Workers’ Comp, A Deep Dive Into A Real Issue 29:09
  35. What Is A Workplace Injury When Your Home Is Your Workplace? 30:57
  36. How A New Documentary Movie, “Americonned,” Relates To Workers’ Comp 31:55
  37. “For Every Wrong, A Remedy?” When A Workplace Event Harms A Family 27:34
  38. The “F-Word” In Workers’ Comp: Fraud. Not Always The Employer? 30:11
  39. Support That Goes Beyond Lawyers and Doctors: Kind Souls Foundation Lends An Ear 24:11
  40. Medical Marijuana, Your Client, And Who Pays 32:28
  41. When A Worker Is Injured, So Is The Family: Helping Children Move Forward. 29:12
  42. Back To School: Learning To Focus On “Recovery,” Not “Claims” 31:45
  43. Settle Down: How Settlements Work in Workers’ Comp Cases 36:29
  44. Urgent Need: Serving First Responders With PTSD 30:43
  45. When Things Get Weird: Fascinating Cases, Different Jurisdictions 32:57
  46. Longshoremen and Workers’ Comp Act — Coverage, Benefits and Compensation 32:27
  47. Embrace Your Inner Matlock: “Acting” In The Courtroom 34:36
  48. A Playbook for Tackling Workers’ Comp in Professional Sports 35:53
  49. Workers’ Comp Medical Fee Schedules: What You Need To Know 31:50
  50. Has the “Great Bargain” Worked? Well … It’s Complicated 31:01