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How prepared are workers’ compensation systems for COVID-19?

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

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.

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Pennsylvania Court Affirms Asbestos Claim Outside Workers’ Compensation System

The Workcomp Writer

million in damages related to a deceased worker’s work-related asbestos exposure with the defendant employer [ Constantine v. In 2016, decades after leaving Lenox, Constantine was diagnosed with mesothelioma. Lenox Instrument Co. LEXIS 403 (Sept. 17, 2024)].

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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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Delaware Employer Need Not Pay for Claimant’s Opioids More than 9 Years After Accident

The Workcomp Writer

In 2016, the employer requested review of Sheppard’s ongoing health care treatment and service for medications prescribed by Dr. Eva Dickinson. On December 2, 2019, the employer petitioned to terminate the compensability of Sheppard’s narcotic medications and injection treatment pursuant to 19 Del.

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Dual Employment Status Bars Double Recovery

Workers' Compensation

An employee may have dual employers but ultimately can only receive a single recovery from only one employer for work-related injuries. The “exclusivity doctrine,” permitting a complete recovery of damages against an employer, limits an injured worker’s benefit recovery to the compensation system, barring an intentional tort.

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The 1972 Commission Report re 1935

Florida Workers' Comp

The panel at the United States Department of Labor was focused specifically on half of the Grand Bargain, asking " Is the Workers’ Compensation System Serving Injured Workers? ” Law professor Emily Spieler , Northwestern University School of Law was included, as was workers compensation attorney Alan Pierce. Sighinolfi).

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State of New Jersey Failed to Address Deficiencies in $96 Million Workers’ Compensation Program

Workers' Compensation

OSC’s 2020 audit found that six claimants collectively filed 266 claims between 1978 and 2016. As of now, the risk of fraud, waste, and abuse in New Jersey’s workers’ compensation system remains unacceptably high.” In 23 percent of those claims surveyed, no follow-up action, such as safety officer interviews, was taken.