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Article: Legal pitfalls in workers comp medical care; Putting employee first is crucial: Experts.(at Eighth Annual Business Insurance Workers Compensation and Disability Management Conference)
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- Business Insurance
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- October 30, 2000
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MARINA DEL REY, Calif.--While use of managed care can hold down workers comp costs, an employer should know that, in some cases, it could limit that employer's right to recover losses that stem from a provider's mistake, an attorney told the Eighth Annual Business Insurance Workers Compensation and Disability Management Conference.
The attorney recounted the story of a manufacturing company with operations in Florida, where an older worker dropped a concrete block on his foot.
A nurse bandaged the injury, and, several days later, the worker poured beer on his foot, thinking the alcohol would disinfect the wound and help it heal. But the worker was a ...