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__ LOSTTI]~ECONTROL P03 No letter nor any form of communication has ever taken place between LOS~ Time Control and Cumberland County. A letter was sent to Mr. Joel Has,burn of Iredell County which relate~ inEorma=ion that the loss experience o~ Cumberland County had been much tha~ %hey were non renewed or forced i~to self insurance. It was no~ the intent of ~e writer to relate this ab fact~ b~t rather as hear-say. However, the wording in the letter was improper and it came across as fact. The information was never factually veri£ie~ and c~me from a County Manager who had indicated he did not wish to be a part of any association whic~ included Cumberland County, due to there loss experience. The repo~c~ng of information as fact, was an error on the part of Lost Time Control. (6). There was recently legislation passed which makes it possible to reopen a ca~e after many yea=e, o~ to bring a Gl&i~ Which may be many years old and had never been repo~ced, please comment. I know of no legislative effort tO achieve ~he above, ~owever t~ere was a Supreme cour~ cede which ca~e down, I believe in the summer Of.199~, w~lch in effect give~ life time mediG~l bens=its to a case. This i~ a change fro~ prior handling, in that before bene£i=s were ~9~t~nued for a period o£ two years £rom th~ date cf last compensation. Now, i= is possible to h~ve medical benefits for life. Under the self insured plan, all claims wi~ a daks of ~njury ~rior =o July 1, 19~4 would be the responsibility of the County Associ~tion or whom ever you might have been insured at the time. Cabarrus County would o~ly be responsible for ~he cost associated with claims having dates of injury o£ July 1, 1994 or gre~ter. I might add, the Supreme Court ruling is highly controversial and would ef£ect only a small percent of claims.