Author: Dan Schmidt

November 2, 2021
by Dan Schmidt

Long COVID and Its Workers’ Compensation Implications in Washington

While COVID-19 still dominates all aspects of the workforce and complicates decisions on when to request that workers come back to in-person working, a new…

April 21, 2021
by Dan Schmidt

Washington Workers’ Compensation in a Work from Home World

If there is one thing the pandemic showed us – outside of the beauty of sourdough and the ease of making chicken stock – it…

November 25, 2020
by Dan Schmidt

What Came First: The Acceptance or the Authorization? An exploration of Clark County v. Maphet

In 2019, the Washington Court of Appeals issued Clark County v. Maphet, 451 P.3d 713 (2019). The case held that a self-insured employer authorizing treatment…