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No PTSD for Sheriff's Secretary

Her boss the sheriff threatened to "shave her dog, sugar her gas tank and burn her house down," causing her to suffer from PTSD, a Tennessee woman said in her workers' compensation claim. The court demurred. Read More

LA Targets Doctors in WC Fraud

The Los Angeles County Probation Department is going after a portion of the workers' compensation fraud community that often is overlooked -- the doctors. Read More 

He's Speaking Out for Safety

Garrett Brown worked for Cal/OSHA for 20 years. Now he spends his free time hounding his former employer and companies that he thinks are shortchanging workers' safety. Read More

Will TRIA Cover Boston Bombing?

One of the criteria for certification under the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act is a $5 million property & casualty claim threshold, and it appears that has not been met. Read More 

WCRI: Physician Dispensing Increases in Pennsylvania

Physician-dispensed prescriptions accounted for 48 percent of all workers' compensation prescription payments in 2012 evaluated as of 2013, an increase from the 17 percent of four years earlier. Read More 

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Evidence-based Medicine: What We Know, Not What We Think We Know

Evidence-based medicine requires that the best and most current medical science be applied to a specific situation. It's never based on personal opinions or anecdotal evidence; it's based on the best and most current scientific information. Read More

No Death Benefits for Mom

Mom is not a dependent, and therefore not eligible to receive workers' compensation death benefits, the Georgia Supreme Court has ruled. Read More

Drugs and Drinking on the Job in New Mexico

A poll in New Mexico found that people overwhelmingly favor a law that would deny workers' compensation benefits if an employee is found to have been intoxicated on the job at the time of injury. So what's the hold-up? Read More

Firefighters: Is the Job Killing Them?

Research indicates that the number of firefighters afflicted with cancer is growing at a significant rate. Experts say that's no coincidence. It's the job that's killing them. Read More

WCI Briefs

To save you time, here's a sampling of workers' compensation and insurance news from around the country, each in 400 words or less. Read More