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Fifth Circuit: State, Not Maritime, Law Applies in Well Services Injury Case

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans has reversed the previous findings of its own panel and a lower court, ruling that state, not maritime, law applies in a case involving a worker injury at an oil and …

California Workers’ Comp Premium Grows But Claim Severity Continues to Rise

An annual report from the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California shows that for the second consecutive year statewide workers’ compensation premiums levels rose in 2011, but that continually growing costs of claims has eroded statewide underwriting results. The …