Burton Discusses His Career, Work Comp History on Podcast

John F. Burton Jr., professor emeritus at Rutgers and Cornell universities, is featured in a podcast on “The History of Workers’ Compensation.” The podcast is hosted by workers’ comp attorney Alan Pierce as part of the Legal Talk Network’s Workers’ Comp Matters program. Burton discusses his 50-year career as a workers’ compensation expert, as well as the evolution of the U.S. workers’ compensation system through different political and economic eras. Burton recalls his introduction to workers’ comp when he was working at a hardware s...