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Pennsylvania Court Affirms Asbestos Claim Outside Workers’ Compensation System

The Workcomp Writer

He later died and his widow sought damages via a common law civil action rather than a claim filed within the workers’ compensation system. PA’s “Catch-22” for Latent Diseases Section 301(c)(2) of Pennsylvania’s Workers’ Compensation Act creates a significant limitation for occupational disease claims. AK Steel Corp. ,

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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. The medical courses will continue on a permanent basis.

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Awards and Memories

Florida Workers' Comp

Myers, FL) 2009 Stewart Colling (Orlando, FL) 2010 Richard Sicking (Miami, FL) 2011 Jacob Schickel (Jacksonville, FL) 2012 Herbert Langston (Orlando, FL) 2013 Ramon Malca (Miami, FL) 2014 Richard Thompson (Sarasota, FL) 2015 Richard Chait (Miami, FL) 2016 Thomas Conroy (Hollywood, FL/Las Vegas) 2017 Dawn Traverso (Miami, FL) 2018 Hon.

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Artifact and Anecdote

Florida Workers' Comp

Merriam Webster provides the following definition: "something or someone arising from or associated with an earlier time, especially when regarded as no longer appropriate, relevant, or important" And, the world of workers' compensation has historically demonstrated some history of various artifacts, Jacobson v. Leasing, Inc. , Ass'n, Inc.

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Issue Commentary: Obesity In the Workplace–Who Pays?

The Workcomp Writer

Its primary focus, under Pittman , was to examine whether the treatment was “directly related to the original compensable injury” [ Id. In Pittman , the court held it was “logically implicit” that any compensable medical treatment “be directly related to the original compensable injury.”

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Workers’ Compensation Benefits for Occupational Exposure to Cellphone Radiation

Workers' Compensation

Non-Ionizing Radiation, Part 2: Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Field , IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans, Volume 102, IARC, 2013 (Lyon, France). For now, as in the past, the workers’ compensation system will assume the role of the decision-maker in this ongoing argument over safety in the workplace. ….

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Top 10 Appellate Decisions During the 100 Years of NCCI

The Workcomp Writer

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. Dillard’s, Inc., 2016 OK 89, 381 P.3d