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WCI 2024 is Upon Us

Florida Workers' Comp

The institute is a cross-section of every interest group in the workers' compensation system. Profits from the conference are used to enhance the workers' compensation system. Initially, the institute provided a series of "grants" to assist the system.

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The High Cost of Injury

Workers' Compensation

The study covers accident years 2001-2021, providing valuable insights into trends and patterns within this high-cost category. of all workers' compensation claims fall into the "mega claim" category, they account for over 2% of total loss dollars, exceeding $1 billion annually. Key Findings: Prevalence: While less than 0.1%

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New EPA Rule Will Lighten the Burden of Proving an Asbestos-Related Disease Claim

Workers' Compensation

The new rule is expected to have a significant impact on employers. Despite the long legacy of severe and fatal claims, including lung cancer and mesothelioma, brought within the workers’ compensation system, the substance is still being used in products, and exposure continues from asbestos already in place in occupational settings.

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Toxic Flight Attendant Uniforms Result in a $1.1 Million Verdict

Workers' Compensation

Wearing an employer-designated work uniform shouldn’t result in severe and debilitating occupational exposures. Unfortunately, some American Airlines flight attendants suffered injuries from wearing the flight uniforms prescribed by their employer. Million Verdict, www.gelmans.com (11/08/2023), [link] © 2001-2023 Jon L Gelman.

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Workers’ Compensation Benefits for Occupational Exposure to Cellphone Radiation

Workers' Compensation

WORKERS’ COMPENSATION REMEDY Some state workers’ compensation acts, including New Jersey, recognize radiation exposure as an occupational disease and afford injured workers and their dependents a remedy. Timely notice and the workers’ compensation claim filing must be satisfied under statutory requirements. 350 N.J.Super.

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Medical Marijuana Within the Context of Workers’ Compensation Claims

The Workcomp Writer

It is, of course, one thing for a state to allow the use of marijuana in the treatment of injuries and diseases, but quite another to require employers and/or insurers to reimburse injured workers in connection with a workers’ compensation claim. The appellate court disagreed with the employer’s premise. 3d 924 (N.M.

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Are workers’ compensation laws keeping up with changing demographics?

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

Extracting provincial data from the same series, British Columbia has seen a massive shift in the employment of workers age 65 and older: The monthly unadjusted BC employment rate of 65- to 69-year-olds now routinely exceeds 35% More than a third of males (36.2% in 2001 to 15% in 2021) in the last two decades. in (Q1 2002).