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INTERESTED COMPANY LETTERS - May 6, 2013
The Veterans Administration is allowed to intervene in Missouri Work Comp cases pursuant to federal law, states a new Missouri Supreme Court decision of April 30, 2013. However, whether intervention results in reimbursement, depends on the facts. Read More
- June 7, 2012
"Personal Comfort Doctrine" is Gone in Missouri.The Missouri Supreme Court determined in a 5-2 decision on May 29, 2012, that the detailed definition of “accident” really means what it says. Read More
- September 16, 2011
The Workers Compensation “exclusive remedy” in Missouri applies only to “accidents,” but not to “occupational exposures,” according to a new appeals decision of Western District Court of Appeals. Read More
- June 21, 2011
A brand new Missouri WC appellate case, from Western District Court of Appeals, has cast doubt on decades of case law and “practice” about issues of medical causation, by saying that there is no need for “prevailing factor” causation analysis about medical care in compensable cases. Read More
- June 21, 2011
Notice of New Maximum Weekly Benefit for Kansas Workers Compensation Claims Effective July 1, 2011. Read More
- April 8, 2011
Legislative Changes to Kansas Workers Compensation Act. Read More
- September 4, 2009
Work Disability Defense of Good-Faith Effort to Find/Maintain Employment Eliminated by Kansas Supreme Court. Read More Opinion
- March 27, 2009
Expert witness fees in Kansas Workers’ Compensation post-Award situations-John W. Higgins v. Abilene Machine, Inc. Read More Opinion
- March 10, 2009
Missouri Supreme Court Refuses Trial Lawyers and Union Leaders Backed Effort to Overturn 2005 Amendments to Missouri Workers Compensation Law - States Obvious in Process. Read More Opinion
- March 10, 2009
Maximum Weekly Benefit from July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010 Read More
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