As you awaken this morning, ready to enjoy this post and start your day, I am headed west. I have often been asked if I am "from" Mississippi, and I am not; no more than I am "from" anywhere. However, I have ...
Read More As I have noted in numerous recent blogs, Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) Private Cause of Action litigation has been on the rise and has grown to be incredibly rampant in the past several years. Innate to ...
Read More The “gig economy” term, as usually used, refers to disruption to regular employment. There is a big gig problem for workers’ comp. After decades of expanding workers’ comp coverage, ...
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Texas, a "Scottish pop rock band from Glasgow" sings Say What You Want. It's a catchy tune. A lyric sticks with me:
Yeah, you can say what you want
But it won't change my mind
Perhaps that is a ...
Read More The 2018 Workers Compensation Section Forum was held April 12 and 13, 2018. It was a diverse spectrum of speakers, covering a wide variety of topics. I am persistently impressed by not only the different ...
Read More In the days before workers’ compensation first came to America in 1912, workers injured on the job had to sue their employers and prove negligence in order to receive compensation for their injuries. ...
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Merriam Webster defines "capper" as "one that caps," meaning "a device that fits caps on bottles," or a "finale, climax, or clincher." That one is less than relevant. A second definition is a "lure or ...
Read More A recent column, Dead Men Tell No Tales, detailed the findings of Florida's First District Court of Appeal regarding 73 Engle-Related Cases. It was an outcome, dismissal, which the plaintiffs in ...
Read More There are about 29 million diabetics in America, many of whom are working. Their diabetes, a complex, risk-laden co-morbidity, can turn a simple injury into a career-ending event. Here we have three tales ...
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