Glossary
With prejudice is the opposite of a dismissal without prejudice; it is meant as a final judgment of dismissal with the result as conclusive as if the action had been prosecuted to final adjudication adverse to plaintiff.
Read MoreWorkers compensation is the system by which no-fault statutory benefits prescribed in state law are provided by an employer to an employee (or the employee's family) due to a job-related injury (including death) resulting from an accident or occupational disease.
Read MoreA workers compensation and employers liability policy is an insurance policy that provides coverage for an employer's two key exposures arising out of injuries sustained by employees.
Read MoreWorkers compensation catastrophe cover is excess of loss reinsurance purchased by primary workers compensation insurers to protect against an accumulation of losses resulting from a catastrophic event or series of events.
Read MoreA Workers' Compensation Claim Law Associate is a specialist designation offered by the American Educational Institute (AEI).
Read MoreA Workers' Compensation Claims Law Specialist is a designation offered by the American Educational Institute (AEI).
Read MoreThe Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act is a federal act designed to allow workers additional time to seek alternative employment prior to (1) a plant closing, (2) a mass layoff, or (3) a cumulative layoff.
Read MoreWorking interest describes a percentage of ownership in a mineral lease granting its owner the right to explore, drill, and produce oil and gas from the leased property.
Read MoreA working layer is a dollar range in which an insured or, in the case of an insurer's book of business, a group of insureds is expected to experience a fairly high level of loss frequency.
Read MoreA workmanship exclusion is a liability insurance exclusion that precludes coverage for damage to the insured's work resulting from that work.
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