‘Marine Terminal’ Included Adjacent Tank Farm, Worker Owed Longshore Benefits November 27, 2019 By Jim Sams A worker whose primary job duty was to unload oil products from vessels is eligible for federal Longshore and Harbor...
Uber Accused of Cheating the Public in Driver’s Suit Over Pay November 21, 2019 By Joel Rosenblatt Uber Technologies Inc. faces a new legal attack on its refusal to treat drivers as employees that depicts the company...
Claim Survives Because of W.V. Statute that Limits Exclusions for Borrowed Vehicles November 15, 2019 By Jim Sams Workers’ compensation immunity doesn’t shield an insurer from liability for injuries caused by someone who was borrowing the employer’s truck,...
Work Comp Insurers Find Doctors Willing to Bend When Asked to Curb Opioid Use November 12, 2019 By Jim Sams Workers’ compensation insurers are reporting dramatic reductions in opioid use by injured workers. In some cases, all it took was...
Warehouses Are Tracking Workers’ Every Muscle Movement November 5, 2019 By Joshua Brustein Every morning when he goes to work in the freezer room of a warehouse in eastern Pennsylvania, Jack Westley throws...
Court Allows Suit Alleging ‘Outrageous Conduct’ by AIG and Coventry to Proceed October 22, 2019 By Jim Sams An Alabama appellate court has cleared the way for a lawsuit that alleges outrageous and fraudulent conduct by American International...
CRU Group, HomeCare Connect and ATF Medical Announce Appointments October 17, 2019 CRU Group Appoints VP for Southeast Region CRU Group Adjusting Services, a Toronto-based independent adjusting firm with offices in the...
Viewpoint: Automation Makes Time for Scalable Compassion October 7, 2019 By Jayant Lakshmikanthan The modern workers’ compensation system was devised to provide a guarantee of care and medical treatment to injured workers from...
Personnel Announcements: Maltman International, Transcom Solutions, Orchid Medical October 3, 2019 Maltman International Appoints New Executive General Adjuster Maltman International, a claims management provider based in Toronto, has appointed Brian McCulloch...
Even Monkeys Cannot Explain Why Companies Insist on Subrogation Waivers October 3, 2019 By Gary L. Wickert Most state workers’ compensation laws, or cases construing them, allow the employer and its carrier to waive its right to...