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florida & opioids |
Impact of Florida Law Targeting Physician-Dispensed Opioids: Results Show More Reform Required, by John Stahl, Esq. The latest report on Florida from the Workers' Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) is a trifecta in the sense that it addresses topics that arguably are the current "top three" workers' compensation drug-related issues: Overuse of opioids by workers' compensation claimants; "pill mills" in the form of doctors liberally (and profitably) dispensing prescription medicines from their offices; and the impact of legislative reforms on workers' compensation practices. Read more. |
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larson's spotlight: successive injury, attorney's fees, temporary worker, heart attack |
Larson's Spotlight on Recent Cases, by Thomas A. Robinson, JD
Alabama: Non-occupational "Factors" No Bar to Compensability of Successive Injury Claim. Quoting Larson's and stressing that with regard to successive injuries, (a) the location of the claimant's second injury need not be the same as the first and (b) the fact that non-occupational factors may have caused the second injury was not relevant, an Alabama appellate court...read more.
North Carolina: Attorney's Fees in 3rd Party Actions Limited to One-Third of Injured Employee's Recovery. While the North Carolina Industrial Commission does not have jurisdiction to determine the reasonableness of...read more.
Tennessee: Roofer Not "Temporary Worker" Under Terms of General Liability Policy. A worker engaged to assist the owners of a commercial building with the recoating of the building's roof was an "employee" and not a "temporary worker"...read more.
Texas: Compensable Heart Attack Need Not Occur During Work Hours. A Texas appellate court, construing Tex. Lab. Code Ann. � 408.008(1)...read more. |
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