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'Illegal' Workers and MSAs in MIssouri

Can a Missouri employer refuse to fund a Medicare Set-Aside  based on an immigration defense? No. Missouri provides access to work comp statutory benefits to employees regardless of immigration status. What does that mean for employers? Read More

Uncovering Fraud in Maryland

Maryland's workers' compensation system made $395 million in awards in 2013. And not all of them were warranted. A Baltimore Sun analysis of hundreds of documents obtained through Public Information Act requests, as well as court records, showed a number of fraudulent claims. Read More

S.C. Court Issues Decision on Second Body Part Impairment Requirement

S.C. statute says, "To obtain compensation in addition to that scheduled for the injured member, claimant must show that some other part of his body is affected." In Colonna v. Marlboro Park Hosp., the Court of Appeals addressed what "affected" means. Read More  

Florida Workers' Compensation Case Law Update

In its February issue of "MKRS Law's Case Law Updates," the workers' compensation defense firm reviews three recent cases that made their way to the Court of Appeals. Read More

Arkansas Supreme Court Reverses Work Comp, Marijuana Decision

Two men who apparently thought it was a good idea to try to open a 55-gallon drum with a blow torch -- and then were found to have marijuana in their systems -- have been awarded workers' compensation benefits by the Arkansas Supreme Court. 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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