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	A Reminder to Think Carefully When Deciding Which Claims to Appeal		02/10/2016
	By: Teague Campbell
	State: NC | Segment: Top | 159 | 0
	The North Carolina Court of Appeals decided two workers’ compensation cases on Feb. 2.  In Falin v. The Roberts Co. Field Services, the court affirmed the full commission’s award of benefits to Fran...Read More

	Another Appellate Court Activist Stunner		12/29/2015
	By: Eugene Keefe
	State: NA | Segment: Top | 146 | 0
	In Oliver v. Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission, issued Dec. 18, claimant worked for an Illinois construction employer for only three days. His supervisor saw him on all three days and noticed nothing unusual about Claimant during the entire time he worked for the company. Seve...Read More

	Attorney Fee Reform		12/28/2015
	By: David Langham
	State: NA | Segment: Top | 318 | 0 | Popular with Legal
	Attorney fees are in the news -- but not in Florida.  Here, we await the next development from the Florida Supreme Court in Castellanos and those other cases upon which the court has invited briefs (the "companion cases").  But  in June, the Oregon Go...Read More

	All Illinois Police Officers May Now Be Telecommuters		12/16/2015
	State: NA | Segment: Top | 228 | 0
	We can’t respectfully disagree more, but the Illinois Workers' Compensation Appellate Court are the sworn judiciary, and you have to t...Read More

	A Disconnect: IHSS and the Comp System		12/10/2015
	By: Julius Young
	State: NA | Segment: Top | 338 | 0
	Julius Young Will Califor...Read More

	Are We Only Paying Lip Service To Psychosocial Issues?		11/17/2015
	By: Tom Lynch
	State: NA | Segment: Top | 141 | 0
	It is a cliché in the workers’ comp industry that claims adjusters never want “to buy a psych claim.” Perhaps that’s why they rarely resort to psychologists until the horse is out of the barn and grazing four pastures over. By then it’s a last resort kind of t...Read More

	Agreements Matter		11/05/2015
	State: NA | Segment: Top | 163 | 0
	Workers' compensation is under most people's radar. There are industry sources for news in workers' compensation. There are not a great many workers' compensation-focused news sources, but  a few like WorkCompCentral.com and WorkersCompensation.com provide news and feed...Read More

	Appellate Court Upholds Exclusive Remedy Bar for Asbestos Exposure		09/25/2015
	By: Richard M. Jacobsmeyer
	State: NA | Segment: Top | 235 | 0
	In a case issued Sept. 17, the California 2nd Appellate District declined to open a new avenue to avoid the exclusive remedy of workers’ compensation in Melendrez v. Ameron International Corp., not on...Read More

	AB 1542 Drama in the Capitol		09/03/2015
	By: Dr. Robert Weinmann
	State: NA | Segment: Top | 142 | 0
	Now that Assembly Bill 1542 (Mathis and Cooley) has passed the California state Senate, 39-0, having already passed the Assembly, 79-0, we have a unique situation wherein the governor is being pressured by the Department of Industrial Relations to veto a bill that has unanimous bipartisan su...Read More

	A Lesson in Chronic Pain Management from Nietzsche		08/12/2015
	By: Michael Gavin
	State: NA | Segment: Top | 178 | 0
	"He who has a why to live for can bear with almost any how."   I bet you've never seen a Friedrich Nietzsche quote in a work comp blog post before. I came across this in a book recently, but I've also seen it plastered on social media and an occas...Read More