Jon Gelman

Publications

• Modern Workers Compensation

  Jon L. Gelman

  04/2009;

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• Is The Recovery Of The Workers’ Compensation System An Illusion?

  Jon L. Gelman

  Workers First Watch. 04/2009; Spring 2009:1.

  The present economic downturn has been compared to the Great Depression of the 1930’s or the recession of the 1980’s. The factors that existed during those financial cycles need to be compared to the present political and economic dynamic to determine whether or not history is repeating itself. Anal... [more] The present economic downturn has been compared to the Great Depression of the 1930’s or the recession of the 1980’s. The factors that existed during those financial cycles need to be compared to the present political and economic dynamic to determine whether or not history is repeating itself. Analysis of those two periods provides an insight as to whether or not there will be a rebound or surge of claims in the future.

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• The Furute of Workers' Compensation: Navigating the New Benefit Highway

  Jon L. Gelman

  American Association for Justice. 07/2008; Summer 2008.

  An evaluation of the developments of workers' compensation in the US from 1911 to the present and anticipated future changes.

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• Maximizing and Expediting Workers' Compensation RecoveriesWhile Navigating the Treacherous Waters of the Medicare Secondary Payer Act

  Jon L. Gelman

  NOSSC National Association of Social Security Claimants Representatives. 11/2004; Fall:1.

  The Medicare Secondary Payer Act of 1980 is now having a significant impact upon the national network of workers compensation systems. This workshop will discuss what the parties must do to avoid extensive delay in the disposition of cases and how to avoid penalties, sanctions and professional liabi... [more] The Medicare Secondary Payer Act of 1980 is now having a significant impact upon the national network of workers compensation systems. This workshop will discuss what the parties must do to avoid extensive delay in the disposition of cases and how to avoid penalties, sanctions and professional liability claims. Learn how to become proactive with the rapidly expanding bureaucratic system that CMS is deploying to recoup potentially billions of dollars in conditional payments made to workers' compensation claimants and Medicare beneficiaries. Learn why CMS is mandating approved set-aside arrangements in workers' compensation claims for future medical care and how to best submit the proposals for quick approval. Learn what new resources are now available to you so that your responsibilities can me met in this newly emerging and vastly extensive area of the law.

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• Does Workers' Compensation Need a Prescription Change?

  Jon L. Gelman

  American Trial Lawyers Association Newsletter. 04/2004; 8:1.

  The delivery of medical benefits to injured workers is becoming more costly and difficult to administer. The medical care costs in workers’ compensation claims are now increasing at double-digit rates. Overall, in excess of one-quarter of all dollars that Americans spend go to medical care. Emerging... [more] The delivery of medical benefits to injured workers is becoming more costly and difficult to administer. The medical care costs in workers’ compensation claims are now increasing at double-digit rates. Overall, in excess of one-quarter of all dollars that Americans spend go to medical care. Emerging factors that were not existent in 1911 now influence the workers’ compensation program: an aging national population; a shifting workforce; the increased use of prescription drugs; lack of affordable group health insurance and unreliable economic investments due to a politically unstable world; deregulation of insurance carriers; the decline of a manufacturing base; and an increased Federal effort to recoup benefits . The manner and method of the diagnosis, treatment and cure of diseases have change dramatically. Recent research indicates that many medical conditions do not the result from a single contributing cause, but as a consequence of a multitude of risk factors, making it difficult to focus liability on a specific event or exposure. This has caused an increase in disputed claims and scientific evidence challenges. The purpose of this article is to report developing trends in the United States in the delivery of medical benefits for injured workers.

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• Workers' Compensation Law

  Gelman, Jon L.

  04/2000: pages 3 Volumes - Hard Copy & Annual Pocket Parts;

  ISBN: 0-314-25040-9

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• United States Workers’ Compensation Programs are Becoming Sensitized to Latex

  Jon L. Gelman

  Update on the Law....Latex Allergy Litigation. 11/1999; 21:1.

  Latex allergy sensitivity claims are becoming a more common phenomenon in workers’ compensation systems throughout the United States. Causal relationship between latex exposure and allergic reactions, including anaphylactic shock, has led to the reporting of 23 deaths to the Federal Drug Administrat... [more] Latex allergy sensitivity claims are becoming a more common phenomenon in workers’ compensation systems throughout the United States. Causal relationship between latex exposure and allergic reactions, including anaphylactic shock, has led to the reporting of 23 deaths to the Federal Drug Administration between 1988 and 1995. Although most commonly associated with latex gloves, natural latex rubber is used in more than 40,000 medical, surgical and household products. It has been estimated that over 950,000 healthcare workers may become sensitized to latex protein during their careers. The purpose of this article is to report developing trends throughout the United States concerning latex allergy.

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• New Comp for a New Economy

  Jon L. Gelman

  New Jersey Law Journal. 11/1999; CLVII:942.

  Over the course of the last few years the United States economy has undergone radical change that will require New Jersey industry to reevaluate the manner in which it conducts business. New Jersey’s robust economy is reflective of a national trend towards full employment, but its workers’ compensat... [more] Over the course of the last few years the United States economy has undergone radical change that will require New Jersey industry to reevaluate the manner in which it conducts business. New Jersey’s robust economy is reflective of a national trend towards full employment, but its workers’ compensation benefits have not kept pace with other states.

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• Federal Issues Target State Workers’ Compensation Programs

  Jon L. Gelman

  The National Workplace Injury Litigator. 10/1999; 5:1.

  The battlefield for the assault on state workers’ compensation programs has shifted from the state capitals to the halls of Congress. Industry and their insurers are now shifting gears from an attempt at tinkering with individual systems to a more generalized approach, where assets and energies can ... [more] The battlefield for the assault on state workers’ compensation programs has shifted from the state capitals to the halls of Congress. Industry and their insurers are now shifting gears from an attempt at tinkering with individual systems to a more generalized approach, where assets and energies can be concentrated uniformly through Federal modification of globalized issues that will place into jeopardy the rights of workers and significantly hamper the efforts of their attorneys in seeking recovery under state workers’ compensation systems.

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• NJ Supreme Court Adopts The Quantification of Disability Rule

  Jon L. Gelman

  New Jersey Law Journal. 09/1999; CLVII.

  The New Jersey Supreme Court, struggling to maintain the social remedial aspects of the Workers’ Compensation Act, adopted a liberal “quantification of disability” rule to determine the Statute of Limitations date to be utilized in occupational disease claims. This approach is in stark contrast to t... [more] The New Jersey Supreme Court, struggling to maintain the social remedial aspects of the Workers’ Compensation Act, adopted a liberal “quantification of disability” rule to determine the Statute of Limitations date to be utilized in occupational disease claims. This approach is in stark contrast to the Court’s conservative interpretation “notice” requirement that it had enunciated in Brock v. Public Service Electric & Gas Co., 149 N.J. 378 (1997).

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• A Call for a National Compensation Scheme

  Jon L. Gelman

  New Jersey Law Journal. 03/1999; CLV.

  Over the coming months, Congress will be entering the national benefit arena again with debate over such issues as the privacy of medical records and the regulation of HMOs. Such subjects may provide fertile ground for the creation of a national workers' compensation structure which would provid... [more] Over the coming months, Congress will be entering the national benefit arena again with debate over such issues as the privacy of medical records and the regulation of HMOs. Such subjects may provide fertile ground for the creation of a national workers' compensation structure which would provide a coordinated and integrated system throughout the nation.

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• Occupational Disease: The Silent Violence

  Jon L. Gelman

  Passaic County Bar Association Journal. 06/1974;

  One of the most pressing challenges in the reformation of New Jersey's Workers' Compensation system is in the area of occupational disease, Mere exposure to the environmental factors associated with a worker's employment may easily be fatal. Th risks associated with the actual exposure m... [more] One of the most pressing challenges in the reformation of New Jersey's Workers' Compensation system is in the area of occupational disease, Mere exposure to the environmental factors associated with a worker's employment may easily be fatal. Th risks associated with the actual exposure may be totally unknown to the worker until many years after he has left the hazardous employment. The purpose of this article is to demonstrate where reform in the New Jersey Workmen's Compensation system is necessary for the protection of the health of all workers, if not the general public, from the effects of the "Silent Violence" of occupational disease.

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