Check out Health Wonk Review: Bosstown edition. Tinker Ready at Boston Health News makes her debut as host with an informative and entertaining edition of the biweekly roundup of the best of he health policy blogs.
News briefs
Michael Fox of Jottings By an Employer’s Lawyer offers a great rundown of Supreme Court Nominee Sonia Sotomayor’s opinions on labor and employment law.
More state AGs file against Chrysler bankruptcy – we’ve blogged about Michigan and Ohio; now Illinois and Indiana join the list of AGs that are attempting to protect both workers and their state workers comp systems from any adverse effects. The bone of contention is that under the terms of the proposed sale, Fiat would not be required to assume workers’ compensation liabilities of injured Chrysler workers and individual state systems would be forced to deal with these uncovered workers.
Joe Paduda of Managed Care Matters has completed his firm’s First Annual Workers Compensation Bill Review Survey.
Peter Rousmaniere’s article A Brutal Interpretation in Risk and Insurance tells the story of Taha Saad’s unfair treatment under the defense Base Act. Saad, an Iraqi translator, worked for the Army until he lost his legs in an IED explosion. A U.S. Department of Labor judge recently affirmed AIG’s weekly payment of $46.15 for his permanent disability.
Clamping Down on Claim Costs – nine practical tips for managing workers’ comp losses by Lori Daugherty of Claims Magazine
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Tags: bill review, claims, dba, defense based, employment law, HWR
