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		<title>Workers&#8217; Compensation Costs Running High in Pennsylvania: WCRI</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2026/06/09/873077.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 16:09:30 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Total workers&#8217; compensation costs per claim in Pennsylvania are high relative to other states included in a recent study from the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI). The study found that after declining from 2020 to 2022, total costs per claim &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>ANV Group Adds Another Workers&#8217; Compensation Agency to Its Roster</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2026/06/09/873014.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 12:38:27 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[A London-based global intermediary launched last December by AmTrust Financial and Blackstone Credit &#38; Insurance has acquired its second workers&#8217; compensation specialist in the U.S. ANV Group Holdings Ltd. announced it has completed the acquisition of Associated Specialty Insurance Agency &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Okla. Workers&#8217; Compensation Commission Warns of Scam Targeting Injured Workers</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southcentral/2026/06/03/872186.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 08:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Texas / South Central News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[scam]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[The Oklahoma Workers&#8217; Compensation Commission is alerting residents of a scam targeting injured workers. Scammers have contacted injured workers by phone, text message, or social media by claiming to be a workers&#8217; compensation attorney, according to the commission. The scammer &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Shipper Escapes $41.9M Award for Man Paralyzed When Lights Fell From Pallet on Him</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2026/06/02/872100.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew G. Simpson]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 14:36:21 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[East News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shipping liability insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[warehouse safety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[workers' compensation]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[A worker who suffered serious injuries in 2017 after a 1,300-pound load of lighting fixtures fell onto him has lost the $41.9 million he was awarded by a jury in October 2022. The Connecticut Appellate Court this week overturned the &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Rikers Correction Officer Lied to Obtain Workers&#8217; Compensation Benefits</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2026/06/02/872070.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 12:33:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[correction officer]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[A corrections officer at New York City&#8217;s Rikers Island prison has pleaded guilty to receiving more than $200,000 in workers&#8217; compensation benefits to which he was not entitled, prosecutors reported. According to Jay Clayton, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Kentucky Food-Color Plant Was &#8216;Catastrophe Waiting to Happen,&#8217; CSB Says</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2026/05/29/871828.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Rabb]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 15:39:10 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[A Kentucky food-coloring manufacturer made a number of missteps and was not equipped to prevent the 2024 runaway chemical reaction that killed two workers and caused millions of dollars in damage to the plant and surrounding neighborhoods. That was the &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Florida Comp Costs Are on the Rise. End to Physician Dispensing May Help</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2026/05/29/871717.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Rabb]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 05:01:18 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Florida, like most states, has seen more than a decade of annual decreases in workers&#8217; compensation average rates. But costs may no longer be falling, thanks in part to higher wages and escalating medical payments, a new study from the &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>NC Jury Award for Workers Injured in Wall Collapse May be Largest in State History</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2026/05/26/871320.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 14:39:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[OSHA citations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[retaining wall safety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wall collapses on workers]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[A North Carolina jury handed down what may have been the largest personal injury award in state history, five years after a retaining wall collapsed on workers, killing one and injuring four others. The lawsuit in Henderson County, near Asheville, &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Beacon Mutual Begins Notifying Those Affected by Data Breach</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2026/05/26/871293.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 12:37:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[insurer ransomware attack]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Workers&#8217; compensation specialist Beacon Mutual Insurance Co. reports it has begun mailing letters to individuals whose personal information was involved in a recent ransomware attack. Upon learning of the activity on January 14, 2026, the Rhode Island-based insurer said it &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>OSHA Has 6 Inspectors for 60,000 West Virginia Workplaces</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2026/05/22/871135.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 13:26:54 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Southeast News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OSHA fines and inspections]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[When two workers died last month in a violent chemical reaction at Ames Goldsmith Catalyst Refiners near Charleston, federal records showed the facility had previously been cited for safety violations in 2018. But that doesn&#8217;t mean inspectors had regularly checked &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>NC Commission Warns About Workers&#8217; Comp Scam Impersonating Officials</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2026/05/21/870822.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 05:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Southeast News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North Carolina Industrial Commission]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Scammers have been targeting Spanish-speaking workers, trying to trick them into paying fees to access workers&#8217; compensation benefits around the South and West, officials said. The North Carolina Industrial Commission, which oversees workers&#8217; comp in the state, warned in a &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Report: California Independent Medical Review Overturns 10.2% of Treatment Requests</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2026/05/21/870785.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 05:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[West News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California Department of Industrial Relations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[injured worker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[workers' compensation]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[More than one-in-10 workers&#8217; compensation treatment request denials in California were overturned by independent medical review, a new report shows. The California Department of Industrial Relations and its Division of Workers&#8217; Compensation released the annual report on the department&#8217;s IMR &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>CopperPoint Insurance to Acquire Surety Specialist General Indemnity Group</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2026/05/18/870361.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 14:44:05 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[East News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2026 M&A]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[CopperPoint Insurance Cos.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General Indemnity Group (GIG)]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Boston-based General Indemnity Group (GIG), an insurance holding company specializing in commercial and contract surety, announced that it has agreed to be acquired by CopperPoint Insurance Co., a workers&#8217; compensation and commercial insurance provider based in Phoenix. The sale by &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Maine Mourns 27-Year-Old Firefighter Killed in Lumber Mill Explosion</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2026/05/17/870222.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 23:36:09 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[A 27-year-old firefighter killed in a huge fire and explosion at a lumber mill in Maine&#8217;s midcoast region was honored Saturday, a day after the incident that injured at least 11 others. A memorial of flowers dedicated to Andrew Cross &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>NCCI: Workers&#8217; Comp Calendar Year Combined Ratio at 91; Accident Year CR 102</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2026/05/14/869862.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrea Wells]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 14:59:15 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[National News]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[U.S. workers&#8217; compensation net written premium decreased 0.2% in 2025, according to the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI). NCCI reported that while the calendar year 2025 combined ratio for workers&#8217; compensation is 91 (compared with 86 the prior year), &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>AM Best Downgrades Credit Ratings of Arrow Mutual of Massachusetts</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2026/05/14/869819.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 13:37:32 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[AM Best has downgraded the credit ratings of Massachusetts-based workers&#8217; compensation carrier Arrow Mutual Liability Insurance Co. The ratings firm downgraded the Financial Strength Rating to B++ (Good) from A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating to &#8220;bbb+&#8221; (Good) &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Nissan Cancels Plan to Build Electric SUVs at Mississippi Plant</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2026/05/08/869151.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Admin]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 14:59:21 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Nissan Motor Co. is canceling plans to make a pair of fully electric SUVs at a factory in the US, citing waning demand among American consumers for all-electric vehicles. The decision, which was relayed Thursday to dealers and parts suppliers &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Florida Contractors Sentenced in Decade-Long Scheme to Avoid Taxes, Workers&#8217; Comp</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2026/05/08/869135.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 14:36:32 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Two Orlando contractors have been sentenced to at least two years in federal prison after orchestrating a decade-long scheme to pay workers off the books and avoid taxes and workers&#8217; compensation insurance premium payments. Rene Maricio Escobar, 55, and Juana &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Viewpoint: Decades-Old Approach to Workers Comp Claims Must Change</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2026/05/01/867896.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Admin]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 05:02:07 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Historically, executing decisive, effective workers&#8217; compensation claims has been a work in… well, compensation. As in compensating for holes in data that, if available or accessible, would help deliver far more expedient, cost-effective and successful outcomes for all parties. These &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Georgia Governor Candidate Hired Undocumented at His Mansion, Comp Claim Argues</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2026/04/29/867713.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 13:35:46 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[A workers&#8217; compensation claim has turned into accusations that the billionaire frontrunner in the Georgia governor&#8217;s race, a health care executive who has vowed to deport more immigrants, hired illegal immigrants to work on his property. Republican Rick Jackson, founder &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>West Virginia Chemical Facility Reaction Kills 2, Injures 20</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2026/04/23/867011.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 13:23:36 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Two workers were killed and 20 others, including first responders, were injured when a chemical reaction went awry at a silver recovery facility in West Virginia. The reaction and leak happened Wednesday at the Catalyst Refiners plant near Institute, about &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Bodies of 2 Workers Found Days After Collapse at Hospital Parking Garage</title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 05:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[The bodies of two workers trapped when a stairwell roof collapsed at a parking garage under construction in Philadelphia have been found, authorities announced Monday morning. The section of roof at the Children&#8217;s Hospital of Philadelphia&#8217;s garage fell Wednesday, triggering &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Pennsylvania Approves 1.2% Workers&#8217; Compensation Costs Reduction</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2026/04/14/865704.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 05:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Pennsylvania regulators have approved a decrease of 1.22% in loss costs for workers&#8217; compensation insurance effective April 1. New or renewed policies issued on or after that date will reflect the updated loss costs. Because loss costs are factored into &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Jacksonville Contractor Charged With Underreporting Payroll by $2 Million</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2026/04/09/865181.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 16:05:31 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Southeast News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Florida Department of Financial Services investigations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[insurance fraud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[payroll fraud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[underreporting payroll]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[Florida authorities have charged a Jacksonville contractor with underreporting payroll by almost $2 million and stiffing his workers&#8217; compensation insurer for almost $300,000 in premiums. Carlos Antonio Maradiago Garcia, 50, a native of Honduras, was investigated by the Florida Department &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Contractor Faces $4.6 Million in OSHA Fines After Fatal Trench Collapse</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2026/04/09/865082.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 05:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[East News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[construction safety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[deadly trench collapse]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[A Massachusetts water and sewer line construction contractor is facing $4,699,362 in proposed penalties for safety violations related to a trench collapse that claimed the life of an employee and seriously injured another at a Cape Cod worksite. A federal &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Sole Proprietor Need Not Notify Insurer of Injury by Deadline for Workers&#8217; Compensation</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2026/03/31/864061.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew G. Simpson]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 13:36:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[notice requirement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pennsylvania Supreme Court]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pennsylvania workers' compensation]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has concluded that an individual who is the sole owner and employee of a business is not required to provide his insurance carrier with notice of his work-related injury within 120 days to qualify for workers&#8217; &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Georgia Employers Fined for Repeat Silica Exposure for Workers</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2026/03/27/863768.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 14:14:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[employer liability insurance]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration has proposed fines for two Georgia employers for failing to address safety violations that had exposed workers to noise and silica dust, which can cause severe respiratory illness. After a follow-up inspection, OSHA &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Pinnacol Assurance in Colorado Paying $15M Dividend for Colorado Members</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2026/03/26/863451.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 05:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Colorado workers&#8217; compensation provider Pinnacol Assurance announced it will distribute a $15 million general dividend to its members in 2026. Pinnacol members can expect to receive dividend checks starting March 25. More than 46,000 members in the state will receive &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>&#8216;Mental Health Trip&#8217; to NY Not Compensable, Florida Appellate Court Finds</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2026/03/23/862854.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Rabb]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 05:02:51 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Southeast News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Florida appeals courts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WC news]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Workers Compensation]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[A south Florida FedEx driver, now a quadriplegic after a vehicle crash in 2019, may need constant care and may benefit from a trip to see family members in New York. But the employer and the workers&#8217; compensation insurer should &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>About to Take Off?: Legal Fights Emerge Over Toxic Fumes on Flights</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2026/03/20/862555.htm</link>
		
					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ezra Amacher]]></dc:creator>
					<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 04:36:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[107720]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aviation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aviation industry risk]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Liability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Professional/Management/Employers Liability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[toxic fumes]]></category>
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							<description><![CDATA[When passengers step onto an airplane, they&#8217;re accustomed to turbulence, seat kicking and lengthy tarmac delays. Those are the predictable annoyances of air travel. But a far more serious risk to the safety of flyers has received heightened attention in &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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