Orlando, Fla.--The head of a Washington-based business lobby group said yesterday he expects to see federal legislation approved to deal with asbestos injury claims, but it could contain provisions that encourage additional workers' compensation claims.
"Support is so intense I believe we will see asbestos bill enactment," said Eric Oxfeld, president of Strategic Services for Unemployment & Workers' Compensation, speaking here at the 60th Annual Workers' Compensation Educational Conference, sponsored by The National Underwriter Company and the Florida Workers' Compensation Institute Inc.
Mr. Oxfeld appeared on a panel discussion of National Trends in Workers' Comp. He warned an audience of workers' comp professionals that advocates of comp system reform can never let their guard down because their opponents never rest.
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