A borrowing employer is immune from tort liability with regard to injuries sustained by a temporary staffing agency worker assigned to it, held an Illinois appellate court. Moreover, that immunity springs from the borrowed-employee relationship itself... Read More
Where plaintiff, a semi-truck driver for a Pennsylvania corporation, sustained injuries in a vehicular accident in Grundy County, Illinois and eventually settled his Pennsylvania workers’ compensation claim by means of a settlement agreement in... Read More
Applying the state’s two-prong test to determine if the “dual capacity doctrine” could be utilized as an exception to the exclusive remedy provisions of the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Act, a state appellate court recently held... Read More
Sign up here for our free workers' compensation enewsletters (National or California Edition) to receive weekly news items. Be sure to select the enewsletter of your choice. Improving WC Market Drives NCCI Recommendations for Rate Cuts in 15 States... Read More
GAO Blasts SSA for Inability to Detect Concurrent FECA Payments . Private Investigators Say Drones Useful in Uncovering Workers Comp Fraud . Federal Judge to Rule in Coming Weeks on Uber Class Action Certification . Opioid Use Linked to Poor... Read More
Karen C. Yotis, Esq., a Feature Resident Columnist for the LexisNexis Workers’ Compensation eNewsletter , provides insights into workplace issues and the nuts and bolts of the workers’ comp world. THE VIEW FROM THE TOP When it comes... Read More
Sign up here for our free workers' compensation enewsletters (National or California Edition) to receive weekly news items. Be sure to select the enewsletter of your choice. NASI: Job, Earnings Growth Bumps Up Workers Comp Benefits and Costs .... Read More
Sign up here for our free workers' compensation enewsletters (National or California Edition) to receive weekly news items. Be sure to select the enewsletter of your choice. NATIONAL AND STATE NEWS: AM Best Identifies Top 25 Workers Comp Carriers... Read More
An Illinois appellate court reversed a Commission’s order denying workers’ compensation benefits to a welder who sustained a left knee injury while sitting in a swivel chair at his workplace. The worker, a welder who had previously sustained... Read More
Whether an injured worker has sustained an impairment of earning capacity cannot be determined simply by comparing the worker’s pre- and post-injury income. Other factors, including the nature of the post-injury employment in comparison to wages... Read More
Sign up here for our free workers' compensation enewsletters (National or California Edition) to receive weekly news items. Be sure to select the enewsletter of your choice. NCCI Examines State of the Economy and Impact on Workers Comp Insurance... Read More
Sign up here for our free workers' compensation enewsletters (National or California Edition) to receive weekly news items. Be sure to select the enewsletter of your choice. Hospital Outpatient Costs Higher Where Percent-of-Charge-Based Fee Regs... Read More
WCRI Exec. Director: ProPublica/NPR Articles Don’t Prove Failure of WC System . OWCP Proposes Rule Changes for Longshore Act Electronic Submission of Documents . CA: Adoption of Drug Formulary in Calif. Would Set Trend for Other States . ... Read More
ProPublica Releases Complication Rates for 17,000 Surgeons . GOP Backs Uber and On-Demand Economy . US DOL Issues Additional Guidance on Employee Misclassification . US DOL to Hold Presentation July 21 on Next 25 Years of ADA . 13% of Small... Read More
Sign up here for our free workers' compensation enewsletters (National or California Edition) to receive weekly news items. Be sure to select the enewsletter of your choice. NATIONAL AND STATE NEWS: NCOIL Work Comp Insurance Comm. Chair Defends... Read More