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• Hot Debate Over Work Comp Benefits In Kansas

  James B. Biggs | February 28, 2006 10:00 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Workplace Injuries

  Sen. Karin Brownlee and Doug Allen sharply differed Wednesday on merits of proposed changes to the Kansas workers' compensation law.Brownlee, R-Olathe, supports a bill sponsored by the Kansas Chamber of Commerce that relieves companies of part of their financial obligation to employees hurt at work. Allen, of Spring Hill, takes a view that compensation for Kansans in job-related accidents --...

• Guidant Recalls Heart Defibrillators

  Matthew Bergmann | February 26, 2006 9:00 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  On June 21, 2005, Guidant Corp. announced the recall of approximately 50,000 heart defibrillators after device failures led to several patient injuries and two deaths. Guidant warned that certain models sometimes short circuit, preventing the cardio device from delivering an electric shock to the heart in order to restore a normal heartbeat. The short circuit may also cause accelerated battery...

• Kansas Workers Compensation "Going & Coming" Rule Analyzed

  James B. Biggs | February 23, 2006 11:18 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Workplace Injuries

  Recently, the Kansas Court of Appeals addressed the premises exception to the going and coming rule and found in favor of the employer. In Rinke v. Bank of America, Docket No. 93, 868 (October 21, 2005), an employee was injured in the parking lot outside the building where she worked. The building and the parking lot were owned by a third party and the employer leased 727 of the 747 parking...