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How Exclusive Is The Workers' Compensation Exclusive Remedy? 2010 Amendments To Oklahoma Workers' Compensation Statute Shoot Down Parret, Matthew K. Brown

Oklahoma Law Review

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Workers' Compensation, H. Michael Bagley, J. Benson Wood

Mercer Law Review

The 2010-2011 survey period featured decisions of Georgia appellate courts in areas ranging from medical care to intervening accidents, with no significant legislation impacting the Workers' Compensation Act

The Evolution Of Disability Management In North American Workers' Compensation Programs, H. Allan Hunt

Reports

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Compromise And Release Settlements In Workers' Compensation: Final Report, H. Allan Hunt, Peter S. Barth

Reports

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Unfinished Business: Building Equality For Women In The Construction Trades, Susan Moir, Meryl Thomson, Christa Kelleher

Labor Resource Center Publications

This review and analysis of over one hundred and twenty published and unpublished sources on the unfinished business of increasing women’s participation in the construction workforce over the past thirty-plus years aims to:

• Provide a definitive assessment of the consistency of evidence on the daunting challenges facing women who seek to enter and advance in the construction workplace and
• Examine the failure of a critical social policy intended to address occupational segregation and ensure access to high-paying jobs to women.

Using the wide array of available sources, this report provides a historical overview of policy efforts to integrate women into …

Social Networking And Workers’ Compensation Law At The Crossroads, Jaclyn S. Millner, Gregory M. Duhl

Pace Law Review

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Social Networking And Workers’ Compensation Law At The Crossroads, Gregory M. Duhl

Faculty Scholarship

Over the past decade, social networking has increasingly influenced the practice of both civil and criminal law. One way to illustrate those influences is to examine a “system” of laws and the parties and lawyers in that system. In this article, we examine how social networking has influenced workers’ compensation law, looking at, in particular, the intersection of professional responsibility, discovery, privacy, and evidence with social networking in state workers’ compensation systems. Workers’ compensation laws are no-fault insurance systems designed to resolve disputes efficiently. Consequently, the rules of evidence are often more relaxed and the rules of discovery often more …

Workers' Compensation, H. Michael Bagley, J. Benson Ward

Mercer Law Review

The survey period from June 1, 2009 to May 31, 2010 was notable for several decisions of the Georgia Court of Appeals in areas ranging from temporary exacerbation of preexisting injury to choice of law. Minimal legislation was enacted in these areas.

Service Delivery Core Review: A Reappraisal, H. Allan Hunt

Reports

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The Impact Of The Patient Protection And Affordable Health Care Act Of 2010 On State Workers’ Compensation Systems, Thomas A. Eaton

Presentations and Speeches

The relationship between national health care reform and workers’ compensation is not a new issue. Whenever there is a serious discussion about some form of national involvement in the delivery or financing of general health care, the question arises: how does workers’ compensation fit in to this plan? The question is a logical one for state workers’ compensation and federal health care reform share a number of common concerns. Both strive to provide meaningful access to care; both aim to stem the tide of rising costs; and each is concerned about how to coordinate with the other. But, the devil …

Fool Me Once, Shame On Me; Fool Me Again And You’Re Gonna Pay For It: An Analysis Of Medicare’S New Reporting Requirements For Primary Payers And The Stiff Penalties Associated With Noncompliance, Monica A. Stahly

Law Student Publications

This article discusses the new requirements and the issues that currently face insurers, claimants, and attorneys in cases involving Medicare-eligible beneficiaries.

Breathing Easier: Equal Protection And Workers' Compensation For Coal Workers' Pneumoconiosis In Durham V. Peabody Coal Company, Matthew C. Cocanougher

Kentucky Journal of Equine, Agriculture, & Natural Resources Law

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Beyond The 'Chilling Effect': Immigrant Worker Behavior And The Regulation Of Occupational Safety & Health, Jayesh Rathod

Scholarly Articles in Law Reviews & Journals

This article forms part of a broader scholarly project that seeks to understand the root causes of immigrant worker injury and fatality trends in the U.S., and the ways in which legal norms and regulatory practices shape these trends. This particular contribution examines the broad range of attributes and experiences that influence immigrant worker behavior relating to occupational safety and health -- in the context of interactions with employers and regulatory bodies, and relating to the choices that workers themselves make about how to perform their work.

Drawing upon scholarship from multiple disciplines, the article encourages a more robust understanding …

The Heterogeneity Of The Value Of Statistical Life: Introduction And Overview, W. Kip Viscusi

Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications

The refinement in worker fatality risk data used in hedonic wage studies and evidence from new stated preference studies have facilitated the exploration of the heterogeneity of the value of statistical life (VSL). Although the median VSL estimate for workers is $7-$8 million, the VSL varies considerably within the worker population. New estimates of the income elasticity of VSL are 1.0 or above, which are consistent with theoretical models linking VSL to the coefficient of relative risk aversion. The specific relationship between VSL and risk aversion is, however, more complex than previously understood. Age differences in VSL are substantial, with …