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January 2003

Changes in workers’ compensation laws, 2002

Glenn Whittington

Changes in State compensation laws ranged from increasing death benefit and burial expense amounts, to revising the criteria for eligibility for disability benefits, to expanding coverage for rescue workers whose health was affected or whose life was terminated by the events of September 11, 2001.

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