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Pennsylvania Court Affirms Asbestos Claim Outside Workers’ Compensation System

The Workcomp Writer

In a significant decision that reinforces the rights of workers with long-latency occupational diseases within the Keystone State, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania has affirmed in relevant part a trial court’s final judgment awarding a deceased worker’s estate more than $2.3 17, 2024)]. Lenox Instrument Co. LEXIS 403 (Sept.

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WCI 2024 is Upon Us

Florida Workers' Comp

We rapidly approach the 78th annual rendition of the Workers Compensation Institute. 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.

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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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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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Bill Proposes to Increase Benefits for Some Injured Workers and Dependents

Workers' Compensation

Assemblywoman Dawn Fantasia filed the legislation to institute additional workers' compensation supplemental benefits on June 13, 2024, and Assemblyman Inganamort co-sponsored it. Bill does not affect existing offsets between workers' compensation and Social Security disability benefits.

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De Novo, Deference, or Something in Between: The Complex Landscape of Workers’ Compensation Administrative Review

The Workcomp Writer

Personal Observation In 1977, I stood before the North Carolina Industrial Commission as a young workerscompensation defense attorney, barely a year into practice, challenging a deputy commissioner’s credibility determination. Beauchamp , 2024 Ark. Workers' Comp. Suggs, 352 So. 2d 44 (Fla. 3d 901 (1990)].

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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.