Greetings!
Welcome to your weekly WCI Newsletter. We have selected the top stories that appeared on our website this week to help you stay up to date on what is happening in the world of workers' compensation and insurance. Enjoy.
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 Snake Bites, Salvation, & Work Comp
Snake handler/Pastor Jamie Coots died of a snake bite during services. Putting aside the question of why someone links snakes to salvation, here's the next big question for insurance people: Is this a workers' compensation claim? Read More |
 Who's Doing What With Rates?
'Tis the season for workers' compensation rate adjustments. Here's a Cliffs Notes version of what's been happening in select states. Read More |
 Firefighter Benefits Stoke Workers' Compensation Debate in Maryland
Maryland says its workers' compensation costs are too high. Coming under specific attack is a law that presumes certain cancers are related to fighting fires and the benefits awarded to firefighters claiming workers' compensation injuries. Read More |
 Tripartite Relationship & Work Comp
The tripartite relationship refers to the association among the insurer, the insured, and defense counsel in the standard insurance defense arrangement. Workers' compensation lawyers deal with the tripartite relationship and many of the ethical challenges that come with it. In most jurisdictions, a lawyer who accepts the defense of a workers' compensation matter takes on the concurrent representation of two clients: the insurer and the insured. What happens when those interests are not aligned? Read More
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 DOT Plans Trucker Drug Database
Under the proposal, employers using commercial drivers in interstate commerce would have to report information to the clearinghouse about positive drug and alcohol test results by its employees. Read More |
 Organ Donors: Come on Down!
Move the mountain or move Muhammed? Moving organ donors from hospitals to a regional stand-alone facility with a designated operating room for retrieving organs is more efficient and lowers costs considerably. Read More |
 WCI Briefs
We know you're busy. That's why we created WCI Briefs, a collection of workers' compensation and insurance news from across the nation and around the world. Each of these articles tells its story in 400 words or less. Read More |
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