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Workgroup Report on Civil Cases

Florida Workers' Comp

There were various legislative adjustments to the impacts of the "wage loss" experiment of 1979, and other responses to the "recommendations" of the National Commission in 1974; see A 21st Century National Commission (April 2013); Where do We Go From Here (March 2016). Timely trial is possible, practical, and functional.

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Departures and Progress

Florida Workers' Comp

He remained until the fall of 2005 and then headed off to the Circuit Court. As an office, the OJCC was then beginning a new iteration of itself, a growth from its days in Commerce, Labor and Employment Security, and a deeper history of conjunctive co-existence in the old Commissions.

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Oregon High Court Says Board’s Order Assessing Penalties Against Comp Insurer Lacked Clarity

The Workcomp Writer

3d 434 (2005). It well illustrates, however, that a board, a commission, a trial court, or any other body initially hearing a dispute, must not only make factual determinations and conclusions of law, it must also draw a map as to how it gets from point A—the facts—to point B—the conclusions of law based on those facts. 488, 113 P.3d

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Top Ten Priorities for Workers’ Compensation Benefit Reforms

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

In the US, the National Commission on State Workmen’s Compensation (1972) [available at [link] ] laid bare the disparity then present across US jurisdictions and established recommendations for the minimum standards of what workers’ compensation should provide. Workers’ compensation “reforms” are typically focused on reducing employer costs.

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Issue Commentary: NY Decision Shows That Not All “Misrepresentations” Are Sufficient to Warrant Disqualification from Future Benefits

The Workcomp Writer

Observing that the Board’s determination as to whether a claimant ran afoul of Workers’ Compensation Law § 114-a would not be disturbed if substantial evidence supported it, the court indicated that claimant had testified that the October 2005 accident did not occur during her work shift, that she had meant to say that her shift ended at 5:35 P.M.

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Issue Commentary: Direct and Natural Consequence Rule

The Workcomp Writer

2d 673 (2005), a traveling X-ray technician sustained compensable injuries to her back in a work-related auto accident. A deputy commissioner ordered the employer to pay for the treatment of the employee’s heart condition, but the commission reversed. The appellate court agreed with the commission, finding that Va.

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Issue Commentary: Compensability of Injuries Sustained as a Result of Inoculations

The Workcomp Writer

2d 826 (2005), the appellate court held that the plaintiff’s injurious reaction to the flu shot she received at work was compensable. His supervisors had expressed a desire for him to exercise his option in favor of receiving the inoculation, and he had received the inoculation while on duty at a city owned facility. 755, 820 N.E.2d