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A WCEC Session Preview: Multi-State Workers' Compensation Laws

The multi-state presentation at the annual Workers' Compensation Educational Conference (WCEC) continues to grow in importance and scope. Sponsored by the Workers' Compensation Defense Institute, this valuable portion of the conference has expanded to include 13 states. Read More

Traffic Deaths Up in Fracking Areas

Here's some irony for you. The booming business of extracting oil and natural gas is contributing to a spike in traffic fatalities. An Associated Press analysis of traffic deaths and U.S. census data in six drilling states shows that in some places, fatalities have more than quadrupled since 2004. Read More

The Fierce Urgency of Medical Motions in N.C. Work Comp

To clarify and streamline the process by which the North Carolina Industrial Commission can make determinations of urgency with respect to medical motions, the state's General Assembly has set forth an ironclad set of rules. Tick tock. Read More

Samsung Will Compensate for Workers' Cancer Claims

Colorado Court Upholds Firefighter's Workers' Compensation Claim

Proving once again that being a volunteer is a good thing, the Colorado Court of Appeals has issued an Opinion that a firefighter's time spent as a volunteer firefighter and as a trainee at the fire academy counts toward his total years of service under Colorado's workers' compensation cancer presumption statute. Read More 

N.D. Is Tops in Conning Municipal Credit Ranking; N.C. 'Most Improved'

The western and southern states, specifically the states that range from North Dakota to Texas, and also Florida, continue to receive the highest rankings in Conning's semi-annual State of the States Municipal Credit Research report. Read More 

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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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The 69th Annual Workers' Compensation Educational Conference program is now online. See who's speaking when about what.