Workers' Compensation News
| Fighting over Fee Schedules | 02/05/2014 | ||
| State: WI | Segment: | 445 | 0 | |||
| Referencing a new draft bill in Wisconsin seeking to establish a medical fee schedule for workers’ compensation, Mark M. Grapentine, a senior vice president of government relations for the Wisconsin Medical Society, ...Read More | |||
| Form and Function of the Supreme Court's Rule 23 Order | 01/31/2014 | ||
| By: Arik D. Hetue | |||
| State: IL | Segment: | 529 | 0 | |||
| You have heard us discuss what we feel is the dreaded Rule 23 gag or “unpublished” Illinois Appellate Court order in the past with some harsh criticism, but most of the time, and especially in recent courtroom opinions, we feel it is used the right way. We provide a little detail over on...Read More | |||
| Finding and Using the Domino Issue | 12/23/2013 | ||
| State: FL | Segment: | 651 | 0 | |||
| Success can be hard to define in workers' compensation. There are often a myriad of issues presented in a dispute. Compared to a civil personal injury case, workers' compensation claims are often more complex and offer challenges that are simply not presented in other conflicts.A...Read More | |||
| FDA 2013: A Study in Inconsistency | 11/18/2013 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: | 829 | 0 | |||
| Let's review the recent activities of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in the area of prescription opioids. If you're scratching your head as you read this, know that you won't be alone: April 16, 2013: The ...Read More | |||
| Fighting Racism in Workers' Comp Rules | 10/22/2013 | ||
| By: Dave Lundgren | |||
| State: NA | Segment: | 435 | 0 | |||
| As a long-time attorney who has for years fought racism leveled against tribes and individuals by various external groups and institutions of state, local and federal agencies, I was shocked to have to confront racist ideals voluntarily incorporated into tribes’ own workers' compensation p...Read More | |||
| Florida Case Law Update | 10/15/2013 | ||
| By: WCC Staff | |||
| State: FL | Segment: | 562 | 0 | |||
| NEW! Anheuser-Busch Companies v. Staples, 1D13-1038, (10/09/2013): A divided Florida appellate court ruled that a single law firm could not represent an employer's workers' compensation lien interest in a ...Read More | |||
| FDA Mandates Opioid Label Changes | 09/18/2013 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: | 719 | 0 | |||
| The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Sept. 10 that it will require fairly significant changes to the labeling of all extended-release and long-acting opioid analgesics. First, the good ne...Read More | |||
| Final Exam Test Question from Adjunct WC Law Professors | 06/14/2013 | ||
| By: Eugene Keefe | |||
| State: IL | Segment: | 920 | 0 | |||
| Three cleaning people live in the same house in North Prospect, Ill. They are dressed and ready and going to work. They are not on the clock nor are they being paid to go to work. The hours spent traveling to and from work do not count toward Family Medical Leave Act, unemployment, seniority or anyt...Read More | |||
| Freedom of Religion = Freedom from Workers' Comp? | 05/07/2013 | ||
| State: NA | Segment: | 877 | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| When Jakob Hutter founded the Hutterian Brethren Church in the 1530s, he was not worried about workers' comp (which would not exist for another 350 years). He just wanted the freedom to practice his communal religion in what is now Germany/Austria. He incurred the wrath of Ferdinand I, who, in t...Read More | |||
| Freud v. Workers' Comp | 04/29/2013 | ||
| By: Red Hollingsworth | |||
| State: NA | Segment: | 666 | 0 | |||
| Should there be psychological consulting at the four-to-six-week period after a work comp claim? HECK YEAH! Not having a psych evaluation after a serious injury is a mistake. This can determine what mental factors are related to the illness or injury, or what is preventing the worker from returning ...Read More | |||
