A cargo plane crashed near an Ohio airport early Wednesday, killing two people, officials said. The plane struck several unoccupied vehicles, and the crash ignited a fire, according to the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority.
The health care industry knows Centers of Excellence have top results, particularly for the most vulnerable of patients. Centers of excellence are in every corner of the health care field neurology, cardiology, rehabilitation and more. These centers are considered the top-tier medical facilities in the country, turning catastrophes into results.
Most state workers compensation laws, or cases construing them, allow the employer and its carrier to waive its right to subrogate against a third party that caused or contributed to an employees injury. The purpose of a subrogation waiver is not well understood and is a subject of some confusion in the marketplace.
Why do so many advocates stumble when it comes to preparing for mediation? Perhaps the most important thing a lawyer can do to prepare for mediation is to write a brief.
Liberty Mutual has partnered with Duck Creek Technologies to develop a next-generation workers compensation claims-management system, the insurer has announced.
Despite increased attention from the media and government, the opioid crisis continues to plague the United States, and in turn has implications for workers compensation insurance.
On the day Tammitha Valcourt-Williams tripped over her dog and injured her hip, shoulder and knee, she was technically on the clock, working from home as a workers compensation claims adjuster for Sedgwick CMS.
Often touted as a treatment for injured workers, excessive use of physical therapy can be a significant cost-driver for workers compensation payers and can impede return to work, experts say.
Consider this common scenario. A subcontractors employee is injured on the job and sues the general contractor, an additional insured on the subcontractors commercial general liability (CGL) policy. The employee does not sue the subcontractor because she is prevented from doing so under state workers compensation law.
Two employees of a titanium casting manufacturer were injured in an explosion and fire at the plant Thursday morning. One of the injured is listed in critical condition at a Portland hospital.
Two non-psychoactive molecules from the Cannabis sativa L plant have the potential to replace opioids with a new drug that poses zero-impairment issues for users.
Technology is a tool, like fire or gin. It can be used for good or for ill. Most workers on a construction site or in a warehouse are willing to wear a sensor if it will keep them from getting run over by a forklift or knocked off a ledge by a crane.
A federal judge on Friday tossed out a suit involving two insurers battling over who is liable for an accident involving an injured worker who suffered grave, secondary injuries while being transported for medical care by a third party.