Vol. 6, Issue 46

Find Solutions & Strategies                  November 16, 2015

Will 2016 Be the Year That Opt Out Legislation Catches Fire?
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Workers' Compensation Emerging Issues Analysis
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workers' comp emerging issues: will 2016 be the year that opt out legislation catches fire?
Thomas A. Robinson, J.D., our Feature National Columnist, is the co-author of Larson's Workers' Compensation Law (LexisNexis).
 
We are pleased to present the 2015 Workers' Compensation Emerging Issues Analysis. With this third, annual edition, we offer a diverse collection of expert analysis, incisive commentary, interesting case summaries and legislative updates from all across our nation. Geared not just for practicing attorneys, this volume offers risk managers, insurance brokers and executives, claims adjusters, HR experts and academic researchers relevant insights, practice points, and other pertinent takeaways that will enhance your work. As depicted on this edition's cover and as Lex Larson and I point out in the volume's opening article, 2016 seems poised as the year of the opt out debate. The successful Oklahoma legislation is now two years old. Proponents and opponents alike are pointing to alleged successes and failures. Constitutional challenges to the law will...read more. 
A Note From the Editor
LARSON'S SPOTLIGHT ON RECENT CASES
Thomas A. Robinson, J.D., our Feature National Columnist, is the co-author of Larson's Workers' Compensation Law (LexisNexis). 
  
Illinois: Exclusive Remedy Barred Case In Spite of Fact That Worker Contracted Mesothelioma After Statute of Limitations Had Run. The exclusive remedy provisions of the Illinois Workers' Compensation Act and the Illinois Workers' Occupational Diseases Act bar an employee's cause of action...read more.

Hawaii: Injured Worker Should Receive New Device to Treat Tinnitus. The Supreme Court of Hawaii, vacating a lower court decision, held that substantial evidence showed that a new type of neuromonics device was...read more.

Texas: Traveling Employee's Fatal Car Accident Was Not Within Course and Scope of Employment. An employee who traveled from his home base in North Carolina to Dallas, Texas on a business trip did not sustain injuries arising out of and in the course of his...read more.

Ohio: Police Officer's Fatal Injuries Preparing for Union-Sponsored Steak Fry Found Compensable. The widow of a police officer who sustained fatal injuries when the officer was struck by a car as he and a volunteer were engaged in setting up and running a...read more.
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