News AMA Using More Open Process to Update Impairment Guides Dr. Douglas Martin practices occupational medicine in Sioux City, Iowa. To evaluate the level of impairment for workers’ compensation claimants... Read More
News Reinsurers Not Liable for Defense Costs Exceeding Policy Limits Two reinsurers that shared part of the risk on a $25 million umbrella policy issued to a New York manufacturer... Read More
News Ruling May Portend Bitter End for COVID Business Interruption Claimants A federal appellate court ruling that dismissed a dental practice’s COVID-19 business interruption claim might be the beginning of the... Read More
News WCRI Study Shows No Treatment Delays Caused by COVID, but Some Care Avoided COVID-19 did not delay medical treatment for workers’ compensation claimants, but did decrease the amount of emergency care and other... Read More
Southeast News 11th Circuit Affirms Condo Tower Hurricane Damage Award That Disappointed Both Sides The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a jury verdict that found an insurer liable for $2.6 million in damages... Read More
News Researchers Say New Scanning Method Produces Visual Images of Whiplash Injuries Researchers say they have found a way to capture images of injuries from whiplash, a condition often associated with motor-vehicle... Read More
Southeast News Judge Says $48M in Coverage for Collapsed Condo Tower Won’t Be Enough Five lawsuits have been filed against the Champlain Towers South Condominium Association in Surfside, Florida as of Thursday afternoon as... Read More
Texas / South Central News Okla. Supreme Court Voids Progressive’s ‘Furtive’ UIM Policy Exclusion An exclusion added to an uninsured motorist policy issued by Progressive Northern Insurance Co. is void because it contravenes state... Read More
Southeast News Restaurants Ask N.C. Supreme Court to Bypass Appeals Court in COVID Win A group of North Carolina restaurants and an industry group are asking the North Carolina Supreme Court to bypass the... Read More
Southeast News Tenth Victim Pulled from Miami Tower Rubble; Search Goes on SURFSIDE, Fla. — Rescue workers pulled a 10th body from the rubble of a Florida condominium tower on Monday, and... Read More