Medicare Set-Asides and Special Needs Trusts, by Jennifer C. Jordan, Esq.

Now that those involved in personal injury settlements, whether workers' compensation or liability insurance based, have finally come to understand the Medicare Secondary Payer Act ("MSP") to some extent, it appears that they have also begun to realize that the act of establishing a Medicare set-aside arrangement ("MSA") may have detrimental results if consideration of anything other than Medicare's interests are not taken. One such consideration should be Medicaid eligibility. > Read more

Larson's Spotlight reports noteworthy workers' comp cases each week. This list was compiled by Thomas A. Robinson, a staff writer for Larson's Workers' Compensation Law, the nation's leading authority on workers' compensation law. 

 

 

 

 > Read the summaries & court decisions.

 

1. OR: Worker's MRSA Infection Was an Accidental Injury, Not an Occupational Disease

 

2. WY: Worker Is Unsuccessful in Establishing Claim for Alleged Exposure to "Chemical Cloud" While Driving

 

3. MS: Department Store Employee Fails to Establish Psychological Injury under State's "Clear and Convincing" Evidence Standard

 

4. AL: Charity Was Worker's Special Employer and Enjoyed Immunity from Tort Action

 

5. FL: Contract of Employment Completed in Florida In Spite of Worker's Need to Travel to Utah 

Wisconsin Governor Signs Bill to Eliminate Most of the Collective Bargaining Rights of Public Employees. After four weeks of political stalemate, the Republican majority in the Senate figured out a way to pass a bill that didn't require a quorum of senators. Governor Scott Walker on Friday signed the bill, which strips most of the collective bargaining rights of public sector unions (police and firefighter unions are exempt), increases the amounts the state's public employees must pay for benefits, and makes it more difficult for public unions to retain members. Read the bill.

All eyes now turn to Ohio to see if a similar anti-union measure will be enacted, and if voters will launch a ballot initiative.

The Hollywood Reporter has announced that Morgan Fairchild and Robert Carradine will be starring in a new comedy series "Workers Comp".

It's about a family-run insurance company and all the bizarre workers comp claims they have to manage.

Filming begins April 10 in Florida. > Read more