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KALLAY: PROBLEMS, COSTS OF WORKERS COMPENSATION TO GROW
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Feature Editor Employers can expect the problems and costs of
workers compensation to grow in the future.
That is the assessment of Rosanna H. Kallay, a workers
compensation specialist from Houston who presented a seminar on the
subject at Edmond Memorial Hospital Thursday.
Much of the problems to employers will result from newer court
interpretations that have expanded the realm of workers compensation
beyond physical injury to emotional stress injury, she said.
An...
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