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The US Bankruptcy Court has approved a $619 Million Asbestos Trust Fund. Paddock Enterprises LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of O-Glass, Inc., will emerge from bankruptcy. 

The problems of old age are worrying and are beginning to influence decision-makers on what to do with two major delivery systems in the United States. Both the Medicare system and the workers’ compensation medical delivery system are now ailing. The fiscal remedy may be their marriage.
 

The epidemic of asbestos-related disease continues, and the rate of mesothelioma, a rare cancer associated with inhaling asbestos fiber, is increasing in women.

A new law makes it easier for employees on the frontline of the coronavirus fight to get work-related benefits. 

NJ Governor Patrick Murphy signed legislation enacting sweeping measures to provide workers’ compensation benefits to essential workers who contract coronavirus [COVID-19] and provides dependency benefits to their survivors. 

The discussion addressed global issues impacting the workers’ compensation claim process, including claim identification and processing, pre-trial activity, and trial preparation.

Litigation is advancing against the distributors and resellers of paint strippers containing methylene chloride and NMP. The lawsuits were filed for damages resulting from the alleged exposure, illness, and death of users of the products.

An employee leased to another company [ER], ie. From a placement agency [PA], does not have the rights and benefits available to a regular employee.

 The new silica exposure standard announced by OSHA has fallen short to protect workers from this deadly occupational exposure.

New law prohibits a medical provider to an injured worker from reporting unpaid charges to any collection or credit reporting agency.