Workers' Compensation Perspectives
MARCH 23, 2020
The “Unknown” occupational disease risk in workers’ compensation When workers’ compensation systems started a century ago, the focus was “industrial accidents”. page U47] Over time, most workers’ compensation systems adapted to include coverage for occupational diseases. This limitation was noted at the time.
Workers' Compensation
JANUARY 29, 2022
State Requirements New Jersey follows a guideline for the admission and reliance upon scientific evidence in occupational disease workers' compensation cases. 2d 1069 (2003), the New Jersey Supreme Court provided a straightforward and basic approach that allows for the necessary proof in complex cases. In Lindquist v. 244, 814 A.2d
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Florida Workers' Comp
JANUARY 11, 2024
The Workers' Compensation Institute described the award: it "was created “to recognize those who had performed outstanding and selfless service in advancing the philosophy and practice of the workers’ compensation system.” Al was the manager of the Workers' Compensation Department. WCI Newsletter (May 2012).
Florida Workers' Comp
FEBRUARY 13, 2022
Similarly, the Florida workers' compensation system has experienced various efforts over the last century to limit or define attorney's fees, and to focus judicial discretion. There was tinkering with those factors, and an eventual 2003 departure from the "presumptive" fee analysis. Then came Murray v. Mariner , 995 1051 (Fla.
Florida Workers' Comp
AUGUST 23, 2022
The world of workers' compensation is geographic and diverse. There is no workers' compensation "system," but at least 60 systems across the country. That congregation discusses the hot topics of workers' compensation before an audience at the WCI Workers' Compensation Educational Conference.
The Workcomp Writer
DECEMBER 22, 2023
Heartiest congratulations to the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) as it celebrates 100 years of service to the workers’ compensation system. Our” system has seen substantial changes over the years and NCCI has deftly adapted along with it. Compensation for Undocumented Workers Correa v.
Workers' Compensation Perspectives
JUNE 2, 2024
Other coding systems for nature of injury, industry and occupation are jurisdictionally specific and subject to change over time. Workers’ compensation systems rely on a medical diagnosis of the injury , then determine the " work-relatedness " of that injury before considering the extent and duration of any compensation.
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