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 High Costs of Longer-Term Opioid Use: Workers' Compensation Study Finds Heavy Use Compounds Medical Issues, by John Stahl, Esq. Proof that "a higher use of opioids [among patients with occupational diseases] may ... lead to addiction, increased disability or work loss, and even death" prompted the Workers' Compensation Research Institute to conduct a study entitled "Longer-Term Use of Opioids." Dongchun Wang was the lead researcher. Read more.
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Larson's on contribution/indemnity |
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 Larson's Spotlight on Recent Cases: Contribution/Indemnity Defense in Third Party Suit When Employer Hires Illegal Alien, by Thomas A. Robinson. In most cases, when an injured worker has filed suit against a third party allegedly responsible for the worker's injuries, that third party may not seek contribution or indemnification from the employer that it contends was also responsible. Does the employer lose that defense if it has, in violation of the federal IRCA statute, knowlingly hired an undocumented worker who sustained injury within the course and scope of the employment? A New York appellate court recently held that...read more about this case and other cases on Firefighter's Rule, Safety Device, and Credit.
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High Costs of Long-term Opioid Use
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