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Pennsylvania Court Affirms Asbestos Claim Outside Workers’ Compensation System

The Workcomp Writer

17, 2024)]. which addressed a “Catch-22” created by the state’s Workers’ Compensation Act regarding certain occupational diseases. He later died and his widow sought damages via a common law civil action rather than a claim filed within the workers’ compensation system. Lenox Instrument Co. LEXIS 403 (Sept.

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WCI 2024 is Upon Us

Florida Workers' Comp

WCI 2024 has begun in earnest. I have been attending the Worker’s Compensation Institute since 1992, having missed only a couple of years for important other pursuits. I am fairly confident that 2024 marks my 31st conference. The institute is a cross-section of every interest group in the workers' compensation system.

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It’s a Match! How to Create an Equitable Compensation System That Fits You

HR Digest

As 2023 draws to a close and companies begin to settle on the wages and hikes for the next year, the question of how to create an equitable compensation system might flash in everyone’s mind—if briefly. The Mercer QuickPulse US Compensation Planning Survey of August 2023 found that employers are planning a 3.9

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The Predicted Active Hurricane Season Stirs Trouble

Workers' Compensation

An active hurricane season can significantly impact the workers' compensation system in terms of claims and losses. SEASONAL HURRICANE FORECASTING Researchers at Colorado State University issued an ominous updated report from a detailed forecast for the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season. Recommended Citation: Gelman, Jon L.,

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NJ Raises Workers' Comp Attorney Fee Cap to 25%

Workers' Compensation

On August 22, 2024, Acting Governor Nicholas Scutari of New Jersey signed legislation to increase the attorney fee cap in workers' compensation cases from 20% to 25%. The new law, S2822/ A3986, acknowledges the evolving complexity of workers' compensation cases and the additional responsibilities attorneys now face.

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Kansas Court Affirms Out-of-State Injury Compensable Under Kansas Comp Act

The Workcomp Writer

127,123, 2024 Kan. 18, 2024)]. She received medical and temporary disability benefits under Montana’s workers’ compensation system and continued working in Montana until 2020, when she moved back to Kansas. Healthcenter Nw., LEXIS 31 (Kan.

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California Supreme Court Upholds Core of Proposition 22

The Workcomp Writer

State of California , S279622, 2024 Cal. LEXIS XXX (July 25, 2024)]. This constitutional provision gives the Legislature “plenary power, unlimited by any provision of this Constitution” to create a workers’ compensation system.