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WCEC 2011: The Times They Are a-Changin’

Although outcomes of workers' compensation cases across the country may vary, landmark cases discussed at the Workers' Compensation Educational Conference (WCEC) are paving the way for future results.

By Catherine Couretas | Updated on August 23, 2011

Each year, new cases change the way people view workers’ compensation and have an enormous impact on the industry as a whole. The Case Law Update, which took place Monday, August 22 at the 66th Annual Workers’ Compensation Educational Conference (WCEC), was a session provided as an arena for discussion regarding those cases and how their outcomes may influence what happens in the future.

Kemmerly Thomas, an attorney at McConnaughhay, Duffy, Coonrod, Pope & Weaver in Tallahassee, Fla., has been a member on this panel for nearly 14 years. She was one of five members of this year’s discussion-leading panel, which consists of two defense attorneys and three claimant attorneys, and was moderated by Nicole D. Ruocco, an attorney at Rissman, Barrett, Hurt, Donahue & McLain in Orlando.

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