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Dear WC Professionals:
In today's issue we visit Illinois, the Land of Lincoln, to see whether the 2011 reforms didn't go far enough. An excerpt of our 14-page article is provided.
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Robin E. Kobayashi, JD
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Larson's Desk Edition (3 vols.) |  | |
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illinois workers' comp reform | |
 Illinois Workers' Comp Reform: An Interview With Mark Walls, Assistant VP - Claims, Safety National, by Karen C. Yotis, Esq.
In this Emerging Issues Analysis article now available on the LexisNexis Bookstore for purchase, Karen C. Yotis, Esq. examines the 2011 legislative reforms to Illinois workers' compensation from a claims-handling perspective. A partial excerpt follows:
Illinois Workers' Comp Reform and the Bottom Line: The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same. In its official summary of Public Act No. 97-0018, the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission describes the new law that went into effect in Illinois on June 28, 2011 as "significant Workers' Compensation reform legislation". But does the revised statute actually herald reform? And if so, does that reform go far enough to qualify as significant? To get a sense of the impact that the 2011 legislation has had on workers' compensation in Illinois from a claims-handling perspective, there is no better person to ask than industry thought leader Mark Walls, the Assistant Vice President of Claims at Safety National. > Read more. |
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| Larson's spotlight: coronary bypass | |
Employer Not Responsible for Unrelated Coronary Bypass Surgery, by Thomas A. Robinson. For most workers' compensation purposes, the employer takes the employee as it finds him or her. That is to say that in most cases, if a worker has an independent medical condition that must be treated in order to treat successfully the work-related injury or condition, then the employer must also treat that independent condition. A recent case from Virginia illustrates a limitation to that rule, however. > Read more about this case and other noteworthy cases. |
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A national expert's year in review | |
 Thomas A. Robinson on 2011 Year in Review: Top 10 Issues in Workers' Compensation Law. In this 19-page LexisNexis Emerging Issues Analysis article on sale now at the LexisNexis Bookstore, workers' comp expert Thomas A. Robinson analyzes the top 10 workers' comp events for 2011 on a national level, with an eye to the hot button issues for 2012. His top 10 list covers: 1. Injuries to Telecommuters. 2. Opioid Abuse in Treatment of Injured Workers. 3. Mental Injuries Within the Work Environment. And more. > Read the abstract
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Workers' Comp Reform: Spotlight on Illinois
Workers' Comp Fraud Blotter - Maybe Three Is A Charm, Contractor Goes Straight To Jail After Three Busts, by LexisNexis Workers' Compensation Law Community Staff. 
Catching Up on Some Zs in California - Sleep Disorders, by Robert G. Rassp, Esq. Two recent panel decisions provide insight on the AMA Guides and developing the record with medical and lay testimony. 
Missouri: No Death Benefits From Toe Fracture, by Martin Klug, Esq. 
