Amazing: See how a rotating saw blade stopped only nicking inventor Steve Gass’s finger! Did you know that since 2004 saws have been in production that when contact is made with human skin, an aluminum block stops the whirling power saw blade within 5 milliseconds? Injuries that result can usually be treated with a bandaid.…
South Carolina’s Two-Bucket Approach to Workers’ Comp Subrogation! South Carolina’s Supreme Court in 2003 laid out how workers’ compensation subrogation really works in that state. In Breeden v TCW/Tennessee Express, the court surprised everyone with a rational, solid ruling. In what we like to refer to as the “Two-Bucket” approach to subrogation, the court first…
Believe It Or Not! Louisiana limits combined plaintiff attorney’s fees and expenses in comp subrogation to a max ONE THIRD of the employer/insuror’s lien PLUS you get a future credit against further comp payments equal to the net amount disbursed to the claimant PROVIDED you have intervened into any third party suit! Don’t let this…