Top 25 Workers' Comp Blogs - 2012

LexisNexis Workers' Comp Law Community announces this year's honorees 

LexisNexis Top 25 Blogs for Workers' Compensation and Workplace Issues - 2012 Honorees. The LexisNexis Workers' Compensation Law Community has selected its 2012 honorees. These top blogsites contain some of the best writing out there on workers' compensation and workplace issues. They contain a wealth of information for the workers' compensation community with timely news items, practical information, expert analysis, practice tips, frequent postings, and helpful links to other sites. These blogsites also show us how workplace issues interact with politics and culture. Moreover, they demonstrate how bloggers can impact the world of workers' compensation and workplace issues. View the list of honorees.

Deciphering Section 28(b) After Andrepont, by Paul B. Howell, Esq. In 1822, a sweaty scientist in a dimly-lit room looked at a rock from Egypt and discovered the key to decoding Egyptian hieroglyphics. 175 years later, a Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals judge with a cup of coffee in  his hand staring blankly at the virtually indecipherable verbiage of Section 28(b) of the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, discovered four "shalls" which would become the key to finally translating this section of the Act (33 U.S.C.S. § 928(b)). See FMC Corp. v. Perez, 128 F.3d 908, 31 BRBS 162(CRT) (5th Cir. 1997). Read more.

Uninsured Employers' Fund and Insolvency of Employee Leasing Company's Workers' Comp Carrier, by Thomas A. Robinson. A growing number of states have established uninsured employers' funds that pay workers' compensation benefits to injured employees where the employer has failed to secure appropriate insurance coverage. Some states, including Illinois, add statutory provisions that require the Fund to pay such benefits where the employer has secured coverage, but where the insurance carrier has become insolvent and, therefore, unable to pay the claim. Read more about this case and other cases on Voluntary Withdrawal From Labor Market, Bad Faith, and Going and Coming.

AK: NCCI Recommends 3.6 Percent Decrease for Loss Cost Filing.

CA: DWC Posts SB 863 Web Pages.

CA: DWC Posts Notice of Changes to Inpatient Hospital Fee Schedule.

CA: Dan Walters at Sac Bee Assesses SB 863 Reforms.

CA: Insurance Commissioner Announces $1M in Funds to Combat Fraud in Ventura County.

DE: More Push Back on WC Rate Increase.

DE: Workers Comp Rate Hearing Rescheduled for Nov. 20.

FL: DWC Announces Rules Covering Employees Engaged in Work in Florida Now Effective.

FL: CFO Announces Another Arrest Made in Operation Dirty Money.

FL: Lawmakers Urged to Consider WC Reforms Due to Proposed Rate Hike.

FL: Newspaper Questions 2005 WC Ruling by Three Justices Up for Retention.

IA: Court Rules Gastric Bypass Surgery, Subsequent Weight Loss Not Change in Condition.

KY: Governor Says New Law Working to Curb Prescription Drug Abuse.

ME: NCCI Recommends 1.8 Percent Decrease in Loss Cost Filing.

MI: Lt. Gov., WCA Director Speak About History, Future of Workers' Comp.

NY: IIABNY Posts Guidelines for NY Workers Comp Self Insured Trusts.

NY: Reports Says WC Reforms Unenforced, Costs Not Contained.

OH: Critics Call for Investigative Report on BWC Coingate.

OK: Tulsa Reports 12% Increase in WC Costs.

OR: NCCI Recommends 1.7 Percent Increase in Loss Cost Filing.

OR: WCD Announces Organizational Change.

OR: WCD Posts 2013 Premium Notice for Employers.

OR: WCD Proposes Rule Changes Re Self-Insured Employers' Reports of Claim Loss Data.

OR: WCD Proposes Rule Changes Re Workers' Benefit Fund Assessments.

PA: Robert A. Huber Named to Pennsylvania Super Lawyers List 2012.

SC: WCC Posts Annual Report FY 2011-2012.

TX: TDI Calls for 3Q 2012 Experience for Workers Comp Deductible Plans.

TX: Workers Comp Premiums Dropped Nearly 49% in 2010 From 2004.

TX: TDI Posts Notice of Meeting Re Rate Assessments for WC Self-Insurance Groups.

WI: Fatal Injuries Decline in Wisconsin in 2011.

October 15, 2012: 50 State & DC Premium Rate Rankings. 

October 8, 2012: High Costs of Long-Term Opioid Use.

October 1, 2012: How to Achieve a Desirable Experience Modification Factor. 

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