Workers' Compensation News
| What's Up With 'Loss of Trade' in Settling/Reserving WC Claims? | 07/25/2017 | ||
| By: Eugene Keefe | |||
| State: IL | Segment: Top | 99 | 0 | |||
| We were asked by a reader about the concept of “loss of trade” and how to reserve/settle Illinois workers’ compensation claims using it. We wanted to provide a couple of thoughts. ...Read More | |||
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Ferguson: High Hazards, Gruesome Deaths: Farmworker Safety Programs Facing Cuts | 07/24/2017 | |
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| By: Julie Ferguson | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 378 | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Farm work is dangerous work. Injuries and fatalities are gruesome: amputations, death by being caught in machinery or rolled over by tractors; drownings in manure pits; suffocation in grain bins. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: Innovation in Workers' Comp Doesn't Exist | 07/21/2017 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 329 | 0 | |||
| Real innovation in workers’ comp is rare, indeed — which is completely understandable, and unfortunate. ...Read More | |||
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Langham: Another Look at Castellanos | 07/20/2017 | |
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| By: David Langham | |||
| State: FL | Segment: Top | 222 | 0 | |||
| A great deal has been said about Castellanos v. Next Door Co. in the last year. I have written about it on a few occasions, including ...Read More | |||
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LaFetra: State Supreme Court Abandons Limits on Tort Liability | 07/19/2017 | |
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| By: Deborah J. LaFetra | |||
| State: MN | Segment: Top | 219 | 0 | |||
| Last week, in Montemayor v. Sebright Products Inc., a 4-3 majority of the Minnesota Supreme Court held that any “close” tort case must go to...Read More | |||
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Kamin: Could MLB's Approach to Saving Arms Cut Workplace Injuries? | 07/18/2017 | |
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| By: John P. Kamin | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 281 | 0 | |||
| Teams are strategically using an offseason change to Major League Baseball’s disabled list rules to prevent more significant injuries among pitchers. This has implications that the world of workers’ compensation could learn from. ...Read More | |||
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Paduda: It's Not Just Opioids | 07/17/2017 | |
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| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 471 | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Yes, opioids are the biggest problem in workers’ compensation. Not just work comp medical, but in the entire work comp industry. ...Read More | |||
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Gavin: Which Arm of the Trial Would You Pick? | 07/14/2017 | |
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| By: Michael Gavin | |||
| State: NA | Segment: Top | 321 | 0 | |||
| For years, critics of opioid guidelines have argued that the absence of evidence on long-term efficacy of opioids wasn't a sufficient reason to declare such use "medically unnecessary." ...Read More | |||
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Young: Top 10 Workers' Comp Topics, First Half 2017 (Part 2) | 07/13/2017 | |
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| Source: Julius Young | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 275 | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Welcome back. On Wednesday, I discussed the first five of what I think are Califor...Read More | |||
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Young: Top 10 Workers' Comp Topics, First Half 2017 (Part 1) | 07/12/2017 | |
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| By: Julius Young | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 474 | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Months race by, so now it is time to take stock of California workers’ comp after the 2017 half-way mark. What stands out? ...Read More | |||
