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News & Analysis as of May 25, 2013

Malfunctioning Dump Truck Instantly Kills Alabama Worker

by Johnston, Moore & Thompson, Huntsville... on 1/14/2013

A horrific New Year's Eve workplace accident has left one family in east Alabama completely devastated following the death of their loved one. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration will likely lead an...more

Court: Regional District Employees Are “Town” Employees; Claims Barred By Workers’ Compensation Act Exclusivity

by Pullman & Comley, LLC on 4/17/2012

The Connecticut Supreme Court, in a decision that will be officially released next week (but released this morning), held that an animal control officer for several towns, was an employee of each of the towns. Because...more

Blurring the Lines Between Workers' Compensation Retaliation and Disability Discrimination

by Dinsmore & Shohl LLP on 11/3/2010

A new trend in Kentucky has recently emerged where plaintiffs are attempting to base their workers' compensation claims on evidence that their employers allegedly mistreated them while they were on light duty or exercising...more

How to Utilize the Workers' Compensation System

by Jeff Shalmi on 1/25/2010

This is a How To article on using the California State Workers' Compensation system....more

Medicare Secondary Payer Statutes, Part II: Liability Settlement Issues

by Dinsmore & Shohl LLP on 9/9/2009

As discussed in a previous alert, self-insured health care providers face the same compliance requirements and challenges as do those primary payers that qualify as Required Reporting Entities (“RRE”) under Section 111 of the...more