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Occupational disease is recognized as a foundation for entitlement to workers' compensation benefits, similarly to injury by accident. That has not always been the case in every jurisdiction, but as workers' compensation has evolved over […]

They say no good deed goes unpunished.  Sadly this happened to an injured Illinois worker in a case that was recently decided at the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission. In this case, the worker was employed […]

This is your reminder, to set that reminder. We live in a world of reminders. The credit card company texts you a reminder that your bill is due, your car dings when it’s low on […]

The push to create a single-payer healthcare system in California is dead for this year. The bill to create single-payer, AB 1400 (Kalra) was headed to a California Assembly vote. But Assemblyman Ash Kalra pulled the […]

Monday, we wrote about a proposed bill in Utah that would allow firefighters combatting fires in states other than their own to collect workers’ compensation benefits if they were injured on the job. Legislators there […]

Are you an essential business, requiring close proximity operations without the luxury of remote work? If so, this is for you!   The pandemic has forever changed employer responsibility and liability for maintaining a safe and […]

In March 2022, the American Bar Association Trial and Insurance Practice (TIPS) section is bringing back its mid-year meeting. This annual tradition has come to have special meaning for the workers' compensation attorney community because of […]

As many may recall, last Fall the author released a detailed report entitled Follow the New Money Trail: The Rise of Third-Party Litigation Funding. This prior report examined multiple TPLF issues including, TPLF background and origins, […]