http://www.workerscompensation.com/compnewsnetwork/ ©2007 Spoonlabs d.o.o. Vivvo CMS 4.0 2010-03-22T10:21:53-04:00 http://www.workerscompensation.com/compnewsnetwork/news/csx_v_miller.html 2010-03-22T10:18:00-04:00 2010-03-22T10:18:00-04:00 compnewsnetwork Montgomery, AL (CompNewsNetwork) - CSX Transportation, Inc. ("CSX"), appeals from a judgment entered on a jury verdict awarding Joel Don Miller damages of $450,000. The Supreme http://www.workerscompensation.com/compnewsnetwork/news/apone_v_meyer.html 2010-03-22T09:59:00-04:00 2010-03-22T09:59:00-04:00 compnewsnetwork Juneau, AK (CompNewsNetwork) - An attendant at a self-service gas station sought workers' compensation benefits, alleging that his exposure to fumes and exhaust at work caused http://www.workerscompensation.com/compnewsnetwork/blogwire/if_you_don_t_cooperate.html 2010-03-22T05:58:12-04:00 2010-03-22T05:58:12-04:00 Illinois Workers Comp Law Blog Insurance companies have to pay you for the time you are temporarily totally disabled from working and must pay for all reasonable and related medical 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