Hard Liquor, Hard Bodies, Hard Times

• 09/22/17

It is not often you hear about a workplace theft that piques your interest. It is rarer when charges related to that theft also include illegal distribution of anabolic steroids. And when the theft is ...
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Workers' Comp Hot Seat – The Tech Check Blooper Reel

• 09/20/17

Ok, it really isn’t a blooper reel, but it certainly may be a harbinger of things to come. We have been busy preparing for the inaugural episode of the “Hot Seat”, a webinar designed to ...
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God Vacations in Sarasota, or, What I Learned from Hurricane Irma

• 09/13/17

I have joked about it, but am really beginning to believe it. I think God vacations in Sarasota. We say that because for at least the last 100 years, despite occasionally insistent predictions of the ...
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Pinning Hope on a Rainbow

• 09/06/17

I have lived on the west coast of Florida for the better part of 33 years. During that time I have never been a person consumed with what I consider unreasonable fear regarding hurricanes. That doesn’t ...
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Are SAIF Reserves Safe from Oregon Pols?

• 08/31/17

It is an age-old problem. Government overpromises. Financial crisis follows. And politicians, instead of fixing the mistake, simply grab whatever cash they can get their grubby little mitts on. That is the ...
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Are Florida Appellate Fees Unappealing?

• 08/30/17

A decision issued late last week has largely skated under the radar, but has the potential for another big impact in the world that is Florida workers’ compensation. Florida Judge Mark Massey issued a ...
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The Word Undocumented Still Doesn't Make It Legal

• 08/29/17

Last Thursday this site ran the first in a series of articles looking at how different states workers’ compensation systems handle injured workers’ who are not legally able to accept employment ...
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Goodbye, Mr. Gilliland

• 08/25/17

Last week marked the official final days of Robert Gilliland’s Chairmanship of the Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Commission. It passed largely without notation or proclamation. For a select few ...
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Coughing Our Way Through Medicinal Trials

• 08/24/17

I swear, my doctor is such a pansy. First, it seems my commitment to have my annual physical once every five or six years is not sufficient for him. Then he insisted on “fixing” my blood ...
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