Archive for May 2018

A divided U.S. Supreme Court ruled that employers can force workers to use individual arbitration instead of class-action lawsuits to press legal claims. The decision potentially limits the rights of tens of millions of employees. The justices, voting 5-4 along … Source: Claims Journal

Fatigue-related crashes were more likely to occur when rest areas were 20 miles or more from the crash site. Photo from NIOSH. Rest areas are a welcome sight on a long-distance road trip. For commercial truck drivers in need of … Source: Claims Journal

A teenager who started a huge wildfire in the scenic Columbia River Gorge in Oregon will owe restitution for a t least a decade. Eleven requests for restitution totaling almost $37 million have been submitted to a court. That covers … Source: Claims Journal

Two years after the passage of House Bill 1846, the frequency and cost share of physician-dispensed drugs decreased considerably in Pennsylvania in line with the aims of the legislation, according to a new study from the Workers Compensation Research Institute … Source: Claims Journal

Over the last three years, the top 10 types of agribusiness claims have accounted for more than 50,000 claims received by Nationwide. The U.S. farm insurer, has released the top 10 commercial agribusiness claims received in 2017: Top 10 Agribusiness … Source: Claims Journal

Michigan State University agreed to pay $500 million to settle claims from more than 300 women and girls who said they were assaulted by sports doctor Larry Nassar in the worst sex-abuse case in sports history, officials announced Wednesday. The … Source: Claims Journal

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) has ruled the state’s independent contractor statute does not determine whether a claimant is an employee eligible for workers’ compensation benefits in a case that has led to questions about worker misclassification. “Worker misclassification … Source: Claims Journal

Police documents about the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history included reports from at least two people who said a person they believed to be the gunman ranted in the days prior to last October’s Las Vegas Strip attack … Source: Claims Journal

During last week’s National Council on Compensation Insurance’s Annual Issues Symposium (AIS) — The Future@Work held in Orlando, Fla., NCCI’s Chief Actuary Kathy Antonello, delivered the State of the Line Report, providing the audience with a detailed description of 2017 … Source: Claims Journal

Something strange is happening with a now-banned chemical that eats away at Earth’s protective ozone layer: Scientists say there’s more of it – not less – going into the atmosphere and they don’t know where it is coming from. When … Source: Claims Journal