Industry Insights
| It's Time to Fix Workers' Compensation: Seriously | 12/10/2010 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Sam GoldCalifornians Injured at WorkWell it’s almost the winter of 2010. We have a new Democratic governor and a new Democratic insurance commissioner. But will we have a new way of thinking to address the workers’ compensation insurer fraud issues that have plagued ...Read More | |||
| Important Recent Illinois Case Law | 12/06/2010 | ||
| State: IL | Segment: | 0 | |||
| NEW! Menard v. Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission, 5-09-0354WC, (11/16/2010): An employment relationship did not exist when a terminated claimant slipped and hurt her back while returning from an independent medical examination, an Illinois appeals court ruled. NEW! Help at Ho...Read More | |||
| Important Recent Florida Case Law | 11/08/2010 | ||
| State: FL | Segment: | 0 | |||
| NEW! NFL Europa v. Charles, 1D10-3849, (11/05/2010): The 1st District Court of Appeal lacks appellate jurisdiction over a judge of compensation claims' order tolling the statute of limitations for a football player's future knee surgery.NEW! City of Pembroke Pines v. Ortagus, 1D0...Read More | |||
| Important Recent Illinois Case Law | 11/01/2010 | ||
| State: IL | Segment: | 0 | |||
| NEW! Laverty v. CSX Transportation Inc., 5-09-0043, (09/15/2010): The survivors of a railroad worker who died from mesothelioma after alleged exposure to asbestos while working mostly in Michigan should not have filed their lawsuit seeking wrongful death benefits in Illinois, the Appellate Court of ...Read More | |||
| Illiteracy has its Rewards | 10/28/2010 | ||
| State: PA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Jon CoppelmanLynch Ryan & AssociatesWhen a laborer is unable to perform physical work, the options are limited, not only for the worker, but for the workers' comp system as well. Meet Pennsylvania's Sam Muzzicato. He came to America from his native Italy in 1969. He ...Read More | |||
| Is it Actually Possible to Kill Children and Collect Comp in this State? | 10/08/2010 | ||
| State: IL | Segment: | 0 | |||
| Is it actually okay to kill children, plead guilty, be convicted for doing it and then claim workers’ compensation benefits in this state? One continuing bee in everyone’s bonnet on the defense side of Illinois law is how little the Workers' Compensation Commission a...Read More | |||
| Important Recent Illinois Case Law | 09/23/2010 | ||
| State: IL | Segment: | 0 | |||
| NEW! Laverty v. CSX Transportation Inc., 5-09-0043, (09/15/2010): The survivors of a railroad worker who died from mesothelioma after alleged exposure to asbestos while working mostly in Michigan should not have filed their lawsuit seeking wrongful death benefits in Illinois, the Appellate Court of ...Read More | |||
| Is There an Acceptable Path to Reforming the IWCC? | 09/20/2010 | ||
| By: Eugene Keefe | |||
| State: IL | Segment: | 0 | |||
| By Eugene KeefeKeefe, Campbell & Associates As we approach the coming elections, we are advising business representatives there may be reform afoot in the workers’ compensation system in this state. Last week, we met with a plaintiff/petitioner attorney; two noted su...Read More | |||
| Important Recent Illinois Case Law | 07/23/2010 | ||
| State: IL | Segment: | 0 | |||
| NEW! Vallis Wyngroff Business Forms v. The Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission, 1-09-0991WC, (06/15/2010): An Illinois statute prevented a workers' compensation carrier from securing an appellate bond on behalf of its insured, because the carrier failed to show that it was an agent of ...Read More | |||
| Important Recent New York Case Law | 07/23/2010 | ||
| State: NY | Segment: | 0 | |||
| NEW! Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Co. v. Malatino, 508664, (07/22/2010): A woman who was injured while walking into an object protruding from a co-worker's vehicle successfully compelled an auto insurance carrier into arbitration because of how the co-worker was using the vehicle at the time....Read More | |||
