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Report: Surprise Cases A Major Comp Cost

Older married women who hurt their backs are the class of workers whose injury claims are most likely to exceed adjusters' cost estimates, a ...

By Daniel Hays | Updated on February 18, 2005

Older married women who hurt their backs are the class of workers whose injury claims are most likely to exceed adjusters’ cost estimates, a new study finds.

The report from the Cambridge, Mass.-based Workers’ Compensation Research Institute, based on data from 1996 through 2000, also found frequency of “adverse surprise” cases increasing in 12 states that were studied. Increases were largest in California and Texas, the WCRI said.

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