Industry Insights
| I Won't Eat at this Restaurant | 09/18/2012 | ||
| State: TN | Segment: | 0 | |||
| Sometimes it's almost impossible to believe some reports of abusive employer conduct. Perhaps in some other country a tale like this would not be surprising, but in modern United States one would not expect this kind of story.A recent Tennessee case demonstrates the extent of callous...Read More | |||
| Important Recent Case Law for Illinois | 09/11/2012 | ||
| By: WCC Staff | |||
| State: IL | Segment: | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| NEW! Bartlow v. Costigan, 5-11-0519, (08/21/2012): The Illinois Employee Classification Act, when construed as limiting the Department of Labor's role to investigating possible employer ...Read More | |||
| Is there Unnecessary Medical Care in Workers' Comp? | 08/24/2012 | ||
| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| That's defined as care that does not improve patient outcomes, and it was the subject of Dr Rick Victor's concluding remarks at the Workers' Compensation Institute's conference. And the answer is, well, let's consider the data first.First, who cares? Not my problem, r...Read More | |||
| Is Change Coming? Further Examination of the Bentley Decision | 07/30/2012 | ||
| By: Mikell H. Wyman | |||
| State: SC | Segment: | 0 | |||
| When the South Carolina Supreme Court issued its July 11 opinion in Bentley v. Spartanburg Co. and S.C. Association of Counties SIF, Opinion No. 27140, it strictly construed S.C. Code Ann. §42-1-160(B) to hold that a law enforcement officer’s shooting and killing of a person in the line o...Read More | |||
| Is There Any Discovery in Illinois Workers' Compensation? | 06/28/2012 | ||
| By: Eugene Keefe | |||
| State: IL | Segment: | 0 | |||
| We hear attorneys and some observers claim “there is no discovery” in Illinois workers' compensation. This urban legend is sort of right but also sort of wrongwe want to clear the air about it. We assure all of our readers there is “discovery” in Illinois workers' com...Read More | |||
| It's Apparently Not Just Medicare that Work Comp Routinely Burdens | 06/11/2012 | ||
| By: Jennifer Jordan | |||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| Medicalxpress.com recently reported on an interesting article in the April issue of the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine that finds that most occupational injury and illness costs are paid by the government and private payers.University of California, Davis researchers ...Read More | |||
| Is the WCAB About to Shoot Itself in the Foot with New Lien Regs? | 06/08/2012 | ||
| By: Carlyle E. Brakensiek | |||
| State: CA | Segment: | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| In mid-May, the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) promulgated three new administrative regulations designed to address and reduce the growing number of pending workers’ compensation liens. The bold move, however, may really only exacerbate a looming crisis and cripple the fledgl...Read More | |||
| Important Recent Case Law for Illinois | 05/30/2012 | ||
| By: WCC Staff | |||
| State: IL | Segment: | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
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| It's a Prairie Fire | 04/24/2012 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| "We may be looking at a prairie fire," Tulsa, Okla. attorney Steve Edwards, legislative consultant for the Oklahoma Injury Benefit Coalition on the alternative benefit measure that was passed by the Senate, told WorkCompCentral on Thursday.He's talking about the sudden and explosive ...Read More | |||
| Is Your Hair on Fire Yet? | 04/06/2012 | ||
| By: Joe Paduda | |||
| State: NA | Segment: | 0 | |||
| The single biggest crisis facing workers comp is NOT the market cycle, employment, rate adequacy, or regulatory changes.It is opioids. As Dr. Gary Franklin, Washington state fund's medical director says, this is a "hair on fire" issue.I'm not talking about the $1.4 bi...Read More | |||
