Monthly Archives: November 2014

Houston-based Fieldwood Energy LLC, the owner of the Echo platform offshore where a worker died last week, said that the worker was cleaning a piece of equipment when the explosion occurred.

The FDA has approved another abuse-deterrent, extended release opioid analgesic, Hysingla ER.

North Dakota consistently has the lowest workers’ compensation rates in the country, yet it is the land of broken promises for injured workers, according to an article by Bismarck lawyer Dean Haas

Insurance Journal has released a complete guide to the “underwriting period” for all 50 states and D.C.

The Louisiana 1st Circuit ruled that a woman who was terminated for fighting with a customer after returning from a work accident is not entitled to SEB.

The Texas Supreme Court ruled that a man who was injured while working for an employer that opted out of the state workers’ comp system cannot sue the company’s liability insurer after his hand was amputated in a work accident, until his employer’s liability toward him has been established.

An FDA advisory committee is meeting today to discuss adverse neurologic effects following the use of epidural steroid injections for pain management.

A $22 million, five year study that will be conducted by several U.S. agencies will focus on alternative therapies for chronic pain that do not depend upon opioid painkillers.

Demotech Inc. has announced the launch of their insurance-focused publication, Demotech Ink.