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Five Recent Workers’ Comp Cases You Should Know About (11/18/2011) – Paving Worker Strikes Bowling Ball With Sledgehammer, Loses Eye and Workers' Comp Claim

Larson's Spotlight on Death Benefits to Nonresident Aliens, Accidental Injury, Third Party Settlement Proceeds, Work Order Violation, and Prisoners. Larson's surveys the latest case developments that you need to know about. Thomas A. Robinson, the staff

Published Fri, Nov 18 2011 9:09 AM by Larson's Spotlight

Workers' Comp Fraud Blotter (11/17/2011) – Mum’s the Word For Double-Dipping Florist Who Created Floral Arrangements While On Disability

Each week we'll be surveying what the media, state agencies, insurance companies, and others report in terms of workers' comp fraud. Just like a police blotter, our workers' comp fraud blotter lists recent arrests, charges, convictions and investigations

Published Fri, Nov 18 2011 9:08 AM by LexisNexis Workers' Comp Fraud Team

Workers' Comp Fraud Blotter (11/3/2011) – Payroll Company Business Executive and Workers’ Comp Attorney Facing Theft Charges

Each week we'll be surveying what the media, state agencies, insurance companies, and others report in terms of workers' comp fraud. Just like a police blotter, our workers' comp fraud blotter lists recent arrests, charges, convictions and investigations

Published Fri, Nov 4 2011 8:43 PM by LexisNexis Workers' Comp Fraud Team

MO: Toxic Exposure From Fumes Hanging In Air

Claimant worked 10 years in Jasper County making components for battery cells and developed a rare cancer, IgA myeloma. As a result of either the condition or the stem cell transplant and chemotherapy, he required treatment for about 5 years for kidney

Published Fri, Nov 4 2011 3:04 PM by Martin Klug

MO: Is falling on the employer’s lot in the morning enough to obtain benefits?

The recent Commission case Lantie Wilson v Buchanan County , Oct. 14, 2011, 2011 Mo WCLR Lexis 206, involved a claimant who fell on the employer's lot reporting to work. The Commission affirmed an award of benefits and concluded that there was no need

Published Fri, Nov 4 2011 7:57 PM by Martin Klug

Texas: TPCIGNA v Brooks 03-10-00428

By Stuart D. Colburn, Esq., Shareholder, Downs Stanford This case concerns application of the TX Supreme Court's decision in Leordeanu v. American Protection Ins. Co., 330 S.W.3d 239 (Tex 2010) . The claimant in Tex. Prop. & Cas. Ins. Guar. Ass'n v. Brooks

Published Fri, Nov 4 2011 2:50 PM by Stuart D. Colburn

Size Matters: NCCI Attributes Medical Costs Trends to Claim Categories

Many studies have analyzed why the medical componen t of workers' compensation costs have risen rapidly the past several years despite the recession. Explanations for the higher costs have ranged from increased workers' compensation prescription drug

Published Fri, Nov 4 2011 7:42 PM by John Stahl

Cal. Comp. Cases November Advanced Postings (11/3/2011)

Featured Case of the Week: Airline Pilot's Claim for Injuries Barred by Going and Coming Rule Dann Peter Shubin, Petitioner v. Workers' Compensation Appeals Board, Southwest Airlines, PSI, administered by Cambridge Pasadena, Respondents, 2011 Cal. Wrk

Published Fri, Nov 4 2011 2:34 PM by California Compensation Cases Staff

California: 25 Noteworthy Panel Decisions That You Should Know About

The following list contains our picks for the top "noteworthy" panel decisions issued by the California Workers' Compensation Appeals Board for 2011. Lexis.com subscribers can link to the panel decisions below. Reminder: Practitioners should check the

Published Fri, Nov 4 2011 7:22 PM by Robin E. Kobayashi

LexisNexis 2011 Special Achievement Award for Workers’ Compensation

The LexisNexis Workers' Compensation Law Community is pleased to announce the recipient of its first Special Achievement Award. This year we would like to honor a social media phenomenon on LinkedIn - the Work Comp Analysis Group . In the fall of 2008

Published Fri, Nov 4 2011 2:12 PM by LexisNexis Workers' Comp Law Community Staff

Five Recent Workers’ Comp Cases You Should Know About (11/4/2011) – Injured Worker's Tort Action Against Landlord Corporation Closely Related to Her Tenant Employer May Move Forward

Larson's Spotlight on Tort Action, Retaliatory Discharge, Black Lung, Disqualification From Benefits, and Loss of Wage Earning Capacity. Larson's surveys the latest case developments that you need to know about. Thomas A. Robinson, the staff writer for

Published Fri, Nov 4 2011 2:05 PM by Larson's Spotlight

A Little Bit of March Madness in September – A New Ruling from the DE IAB Regarding a Company Athletic Event

Props to Larry Kimmel of Kimmel, Carter, Roman & Peltz, who rather sheepishly shared our case du jour. He was embarrassed because he won and didn't want to appear like he was trying to call attention to himself. Anyone who knows Larry knows that that

Published Fri, Sep 30 2011 5:04 PM by Cassandra Roberts

Save the Date! DSBA Work Comp Section Annual Breakfast Seminar

It's Christmas in January, folks! The annual Work Comp Section seminar will be held this year on Wednesday January 25th at 8:30 a.m. at the Riverfront. This event, chaired by Gary Baker and Jessica Welch, has become overwhelmingly popular and is designed

Published Wed, Sep 28 2011 11:25 AM by Cassandra Roberts

Hatchet Job: Delaware IAB Orders Separation of Bills for Compensable Body Part

Today's post is offered up by attorney Chris Logullo of Chrissinger & Baumberger. A recent Motion Day Hearing on the issue of what happens when the carrier requests that the doctor delineate his medical charges to parcel out the compensable treatment

Published Mon, Sep 26 2011 2:20 PM by Cassandra Roberts

California: Did You Know? There’s More to the Ogilvie Case Than You Think!

On July 29, 2011, the California Court of Appeal, First Appellate District, issued its long awaited decision in Ogilvie v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd., which reversed the WCAB en banc decision and remanded the matter back to the WCAB to determine whether

Published Wed, Aug 3 2011 4:43 PM by Robert G. Rassp, Esq.