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Five Recent Workers’ Comp Cases You Should Know About (9/16/2011) – Sale of Assets to "New" Employer Does Not Mean It is Responsible for 100 Percent of Hearing Loss Claim
Posted on 17 Sep 2011 by Larson's Spotlight

Larson's Spotlight on Hearing Loss, Occupational Disease, Dismissal of Claim, Loss of Sight, and RICO. Larson's surveys the latest case developments that you need to know about. Thomas A. Robinson, the staff writer for Larson's Workers'... Read More

Larson's Spotlight on Recent Cases: Federal RICO Cause of Action
Posted on 12 Nov 2012 by Larson's Spotlight

Larson's Spotlight on RICO, Ex Parte Communication, Penalties and Reemployment. Larson's surveys the latest case developments that you need to know about. Thomas A. Robinson, the staff writer for Larson's Workers' Compensation Law , has... Read More

Federal: Sixth Circuit Reiterates that RICO is Not Available to Workers’ Comp Claimants
Posted on 23 May 2014 by Larson's Spotlight

Referring to its en banc decision in Jackson v. Sedgwick Claims Management Servs ., 731 F.3d 556 (6th Cir. 2013), cert. denied , 2014 U.S. LEXIS 3239 (May 5, 2014), the 6 th Circuit Court of Appeals has held that a worker’s alleged injury consisting... Read More

The Texas Blueprint for How to Lower Workers’ Comp Costs
Posted on 16 Feb 2014 by Stuart D. Colburn

After continued implementation of the 2005 reforms to the Texas workers’ compensation system, and legislative review of the system in 2011, 2013 was a year in which system stakeholders and other interested parties were able to step back and evaluate... Read More

Federal: Sixth Circuit RICO Suit Related to Workplace Injury Claims Dismissed
Posted on 27 Sep 2013 by Larson's Spotlight

Reversing a decision entered last year by a three-judge panel of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, a divided en banc panel (11 to 5) of the Court has dismissed a suit alleging that a third-party claims administrator’s collusion with Coca-Cola... Read More

United States: Michigan Federal Court Reiterates that RICO May Not Be Used for Bad Faith Claims
Posted on 27 Jan 2017 by Thomas A. Robinson

Citing two earlier precedents, a federal district court sitting in Michigan has once again ruled, in pertinent part, that racketeering activity leading to a loss or diminution of benefits that a plaintiff expects to receive under a state workers compensation... Read More

Federal: U.S. Supreme Court Denies Certiorari in Sixth Circuit’s RICO Decision
Posted on 16 May 2014 by Larson's Spotlight

The United States Supreme Court has denied review of the Sixth Circuit’s en banc decision in Jackson v. Sedwick Claims Mngmt. Servs . [731 F.3d 556 (6 th Cir. 2013)]. Readers will recall that the Jackson case, which questions whether an injured... Read More

Jury Still Out on Effectiveness of Workers’ Compensation Reforms
Posted on 3 Feb 2014 by John Stahl

Jury Still Out on Effectiveness of Workers’ Compensation Reforms By John Stahl, Esq. A November 21, 2013 seminar titled “The Legal Perspective of the Latest Workers’ Compensation Reforms” at the 22nd Annual National Workers’... Read More

Federal: D.C. Circuit Court Dismisses RICO Action for Alleged Tortious Conduct Related to Defense Base Act Claims
Posted on 12 Jun 2015 by Larson's Spotlight

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit, affirmed in relevant part the dismissal of a class action lawsuit that alleged several government contractors, insurance companies, and third parties (“contractors”) had committed... Read More

Larson’s Spotlight on Recent Cases: Claimant’s PTSD Claim Held Timely Four Years After the Fact
Posted on 12 Apr 2012 by Larson's Spotlight

Larson's Spotlight on Mental Trauma, RICO and Exclusive Remedy, Safety Violations, Off-Duty Injury and Tort Action Against Employer . Larson's surveys the latest case developments that you need to know about. Thomas A. Robinson, the staff writer... Read More

Workers' Comp Fraud Blotter (7/5/2012) – Washing and Detailing Cars and Pickup Trucks While on Disability Leads to Conviction
Posted on 6 Jul 2012 by LexisNexis Workers' Comp Newsroom Fraud Team

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... Read More

The Future of Exclusive Remedy: Does the Doctrine Still Protect Employers?
Posted on 31 Aug 2012 by Thomas A. Robinson

At the 21st Annual National Workers’ Compensation and Disability Conference ®, Nov. 7-9, 2012, Thomas A. Robinson, author and primary upkeep writer for Larson’s Workers’ Compensation Law , will speak and moderate on The Future of... Read More

Divided Sixth Circuit Court Delivers Body Blow to Michigan’s Continuing Battle Regarding RICO Claims and Comp Exclusivity
Posted on 12 Apr 2012 by Thomas A. Robinson

By Thomas A. Robinson A divided Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, in Brown v. Cassens Transp. Co. , 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 6929 (6th Cir. Apr. 6, 2012), has again reversed the dismissal of plaintiff employees’ RICO action and remanded it to the United... Read More

Denis Paul Juge on RICO and the Exclusive Remedy
Posted on 23 Jun 2010 by Denis Paul Juge

"The world of workers' compensation was knocked off course recently by an asteroid from the U.S. Sixth Circuit striking at the very core of the system - the exclusive remedy", writes Denis Paul Juge. "Former employees of a Michigan... Read More

National and State-by-State Workers' Comp News Roundup Powered by Larson's (11/19/2012)
Posted on 19 Nov 2012 by LexisNexis Workers' Comp Law Newsroom Staff

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 NEWS: Walmart Settles Federal Class Action Suit Over Alleged... Read More