A recent article in the Denver Business Journal pointed out that small business owners, in the midst of a third consecutive year of workers' compensation rate increases and a slow economic recovery, are seeking out effective ways to minimize their risk and control...
Month: April 2013
High Court sides with company in reimbursement case involving victim of underinsured motorist
On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling that helps resolve a conflict among federal courts of appeal on the issue of whether principles of equity, or fairness, should trump a health plan's terms under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). The...
Distracted driving a problem not only on roads, but in skies as well
On Tuesday, the National Transportation Safety Board released the findings of an investigation of a 2011 accident involving a medical helicopter. That crash, which occurred near Mosby, Missouri, resulted in the death of a patient being taken from one hospital to...
Excavator convicted for crash that killed cyclist
Last month, a Boulder County jury convicted Christopher Loven, a dump truck driver of caress driving in connection with the death of a 73-year-old Boulder man who had been riding a bicycle. According to an investigation by the Colorado State Patrol, Loven had been...
