Comp Around the Golden State

Host Nasir F. Adil is joined by Bradford & Barthel Partners, Manjit Batth & Kimberly Wagner. They begin by discussing distinctions in workers’ compensation from a defense perspective in Northern California, the Central Valley, and Southern California: nuisance value settlements, cases settling at deposition, Stipulations with Request for Award, and asbestos cases (1:53). Next, they dive into the biggest challenges in workers’ comp right now, including fraud, med-legal costs, fee schedules, and panels (15:48). There is a great story about how our guests got into workers’ comp (26:35). Nasir takes a break for the Comp Corner mailbag, a question from attorney Sean about QMEs (28:24). Back to our guests, Kimberly & Manjit talk about their achievements, their best advice, misconceptions about workers’ comp, and what the future holds (30:35). We conclude, as always, with America’s favorite workers’ comp game, ‘5 in 5’; among many interesting tidbit we discover Manjit’s connection to Hollywood (41:11) )…..Host: Nasir F. Adil | Guests: Manjit Batth & Kimberly Wagner | Email: [email protected]