Industry Insights
| Important Recent Texas Case Law | 03/26/2012 | ||
| By: WCC Staff | |||
| State: TX | Segment: | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| NEW! In re New Hampshire Insurance Company, 14-12-00174-CV, (03/22/2012): A Texas trial court did not abuse its discretion by taking jurisdiction over an injured airline employee's bad-faith claim against the insurance carrier and others involved in the administrative proceedings regarding her w...Read More | |||
| Impairment ratings?? In a Knife Fight?? | 03/08/2012 | ||
| By: Eugene Keefe | |||
| State: IL | Segment: | 0 | |||
| The headline of this column, taken and mildly changed from the classic movie Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, seems appropriate for the battle currently being waged over this new concept in the Illinois workers’ compensation system. We truly feel the controversy is going t...Read More | |||
| Illinois: Expensive State for Workers' Comp? | 03/05/2012 | ||
| By: James J. Moore | |||
| State: IL | Segment: | 0 | |||
| I was reading over the Illinois abstract on workers' comp from the Workers' Compensation Research Institute. Even though there was a supposed reform in Illinois over the last few years, the Workers Co...Read More | |||
| Improving Profitability | 02/03/2012 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| California workers' comp insurer profitability has improved?That's not a headline we'd expect to see, particularly given the conventional wisdom that loss ratios of California workers' comp carriers have deteriorated. The conventional wisdom is that comp carriers have see...Read More | |||
| Important Recent Case Law for Illinois | 12/06/2011 | ||
| By: WCC Staff | |||
| State: IL | Segment: | 0 | |||
| NEW! Burcham v. West Bend Mutual Insurance Company, 2-10-1035, (11/21/2011): A truck driver may pursue damages not covered by his workers' compensation claim by suing his employer's auto insurer under its uninsured motorist policy, an Illinois appellate c...Read More | |||
| In Harm's Way: A Non-compensable Fall | 12/02/2011 | ||
| State: KY | Segment: | 0 | |||
| Geoffrey Hampton worked as a laborer for Intech Contracting LLC. Hampton, an insulin dependent diabetic, was working with a crew on Sept. 9, 2009, repairing a bridge in Muhlenberg Ky. Hampton suddenly uttered a profanity and walked to the edge of the bridge. He climbed over a 4-foot barrier and fell...Read More | |||
| Important Appellate Rule on Need for Payment of Undisputed Benefits | 11/29/2011 | ||
| By: John P. Campbell Jr. | |||
| State: IL | Segment: | 0 | |||
| Illinois workers' compensation defense industry beware! Our Appellate Court, Workers' Compensation Division issues a painful (and hefty) penalty/fee award for non-payment of temporary total disability and total permanent disability benefits, despite the fact the decision on all issues was no...Read More | |||
| Important Recent Case Law for Florida | 10/21/2011 | ||
| By: WCC Staff | |||
| State: FL | Segment: | 0 | |||
| NEW! Lucas v. ADT Security, Inc., 1D10-2094, (10/17/2011): The Florida 1st District Court of Appeals reversed itself and found that a doctor's testimony that he believed a claimant was faking her symptoms was sufficient to deny the claim.NEW! Fortner v. Town of Longboat Key and Galla...Read More | |||
| Illinois Workers' Comp Reform Hurts Injured Workers | 09/30/2011 | ||
| By: Strong Law Offices | |||
| State: IL | Segment: | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| This summer Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn signed workers' compensation reform into law, and several of the measures will go into effect this September. The goals of the reform were to cut costs, help employers and jump start the economy. If the new reforms do accomplish any of these goals, however, th...Read More | |||
| Is 'Manifest Weight of the Evidence' a Rule or a Guideline? | 09/02/2011 | ||
| By: Matthew A. Wrigley | |||
| State: IL | Segment: | 0 | |||
| In our view, the Illinois Appellate Court, Workers' Compensation Division issued a ruling that appears to contradict the last ruling from the Illinois Supreme Court on the "manifest weight of the evidence" rule. In Sisbro and Twice Over Clean, our Supreme Court issued a clarion call to the revie...Read More | |||
