http://www.workerscompensation.com/compnewsnetwork/ ©2007 Spoonlabs d.o.o. Vivvo CMS 4.0 2010-03-21T00:42:02-04:00 http://www.workerscompensation.com/compnewsnetwork/blogwire/medical_criteria_swamp_for_wtc.html 2010-03-20T21:01:00-04:00 2010-03-20T21:01:00-04:00 Republished with permission from Jon L. Gelman The threshold question in determining compensability in any program is how to construct a system that will provide immediate and expeditious delivery. The sick first http://www.workerscompensation.com/compnewsnetwork/blogwire/judge_rejects_911_settlement_--.html 2010-03-20T08:39:00-04:00 2010-03-20T08:39:00-04:00 Republished with permission from Jon L. Gelman A US District Court Judge rejected the proposed settlement for $595 Million, for 911 first ill responders, declared it to be "not enough." The Judge in http://www.workerscompensation.com/compnewsnetwork/blogwire/workers_compensation_insurance_company_ordered.html 2010-03-20T07:38:00-04:00 2010-03-20T07:38:00-04:00 Republished with permission from Jon L. Gelman Treating medical conditions that are necessary to relieve and cure a medical condition is the responsibility generally of workers' compensation programs throughout the United States. http://www.workerscompensation.com/compnewsnetwork/blogwire/lawyer_fees_and_illinois_workers.html 2010-03-20T06:25:23-04:00 2010-03-20T06:25:23-04:00 Illinois Workers Comp Law Blog I have written before about the laws on attorney fees in Illinois workers' compensation cases.  Search "attorney fees" on my site for that post.  In http://www.workerscompensation.com/compnewsnetwork/blogwire/the_limited_application_of_a.html 2010-03-19T06:04:00-04:00 2010-03-19T06:04:00-04:00 Republished with permission from Jon L. Gelman A Federal District Court in Michigan has dismissed a RICO [Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act] claim against Sedwick Claims Management Services. The plaintiffs alleged http://www.workerscompensation.com/compnewsnetwork/news/sacco_v_mast.html 2010-03-19T10:31:00-04:00 2010-03-19T10:31:00-04:00 compnewsnetwork New York City, NY (CompNewsNetwork) - Claimant worked as a salesperson for the employer from June 1991 to March 3, 1992, when he injured his http://www.workerscompensation.com/compnewsnetwork/news/columbus_bar_association_v_chasser.html 2010-03-19T10:22:00-04:00 2010-03-19T10:22:00-04:00 compnewsnetwork Columbus, OH (CompNewsNetwork) - Respondent, Timothy G. Chasser of Columbus, Ohio, Attorney Registration No. 0016847, was admitted to the practice of law in Ohio in http://www.workerscompensation.com/compnewsnetwork/news/il_wc_surcharge_settlement.html 2010-03-19T10:14:00-04:00 2010-03-19T10:14:00-04:00 compnewsnetwork Chicago, IL (CompNewsNetwork) - The Circuit Court of Cook County has given preliminary approval to a settlement of the lawsuit filed by the Illinois http://www.workerscompensation.com/compnewsnetwork/news/joanne_topa.html 2010-03-19T10:11:00-04:00 2010-03-19T10:11:00-04:00 PRNewswire LANSING, Mich., March 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Accident Fund Insurance Company of America is proud to name Joanne Topa as the new director of http://www.workerscompensation.com/compnewsnetwork/news/ar_ag_fedex.html 2010-03-19T10:08:00-04:00 2010-03-19T10:08:00-04:00 compnewsnetwork Little Rock, AR (CompNewsNetwork) - Attorney General Dustin McDaniel announced today that he has joined a multistate inquiry into how FedEx classifies its delivery drivers.