Claimants' Attorneys Warn of Legal Challenges Facing Comp Reform

By Michael Whiteley, Eastern Bureau ChiefClaimants' attorneys predict that a workers' compensation reform bill passed by the Mississippi Legislature on Monday will lead to court challenges under the state's exclusive remedy law and trigger expensive fights among toxicologists over a section that allows drug testing of injured workers.The Mississippi House voted 63-56 and the Senate voted 31-15 on Monday to approve a House-Senate compromise that ended months of wrangling over Senate Bill 2576.The bill was backed by the Mississippi Association of Self-Insurers, the Mississippi Manufa...