Injury To Officer On Unscheduled Day Is Found Compensable Because Officer Was Not Just Picking Up Paycheck But Checking Scheduled Court Dates

• 07/09/17
• National Workers Compensation Defense Network (NWCDN)

In a surprising but unreported decision, the Appellate Division affirmed an award to a police officer who fell in the municipal parking lot on December 9, 2011 on a day ...
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Captain Obvious

• 07/07/17
• Mark Pew

Thanks to the creative juices of Bob Wilson, who used my observation of his #WCI2017 conference brochure picture to publish "When it Comes to Photographs, I Can't Catch ...
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Your Workers Travel Where?

• 07/07/17
• Julius Young

A recent California Court of Appeals decision deals with the issue of how and when an insurance carrier can rescind a workers’ compensation policy. Studies ...
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Alabama Workers’ Compensation Rate Change Effective July 1, 2017

• 07/07/17
• National Workers Compensation Defense Network (NWCDN)

Beginning July 1, 2017, the maximum workers’ compensation payable in Alabama was raised to $843.00 per week and the minimum was raised to $232.00 per week.
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Opioid Litigation and Workers' Compensation

• 07/06/17
• Jon Gelman

The newly initiated litigation by public entities against Big Pharma may prove to be a huge boost to the workers' compensation system. The lawsuits have the potential ...
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Injury to Officer on Unscheduled Day is Found Compensable Because Officer was not Just Picking up Paycheck but Checking Scheduled Court Dates

• 07/06/17
• John Geaney

In a surprising but unreported decision, the Appellate Division affirmed an award to a police officer who fell in the municipal parking lot on December 9, 2011 on a day ...
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North Carolina Supreme Court Weighs In on Long-Running Procedural Saga Regarding Permanent Impairment

• 07/06/17
• National Workers Compensation Defense Network (NWCDN)

By: Brad InmanAlthough overshadowed by the Wilkes v. City of Greenville opinion issued the same day, the N.C. Supreme Court came to a decision on another ...
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Detox and Marshmallows: Dealing with Addiction

• 07/05/17
• Michael Gavin

On Monday, NPR's Morning Edition ran two pieces back-to-back that while ostensibly not intended to be related, nonetheless struck me as providing important insights into ...
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It's Road Construction Season Once Again

• 07/05/17
• Randy Klatt

While many areas of the country experience road construction year-round, summer generally means an uptick in highway projects.  Summer also brings an increase in ...
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