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Commitments and Contingencies
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| Commitments And Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Commitments and Contingencies | 7. Commitments and Contingencies. The Company leases its facilities and certain office equipment under operating leases, which expire at various dates through 2021. Certain leases contain rent escalations and/or renewal options. Rent expense for all significant leases is recognized on a straight-line basis. At December 31, 2011 and 2010, the balance of the deferred rent liability reflected in other current liabilities in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets was $0.3 million and $0.2 million, respectively and the balance reflected in other long-term liabilities was $2.1 million and $0.6 million, respectively. The following is a summary of specified contractual cash obligation payments by the Company as of December 31, 2011 (in thousands):
Rent expense, which is included in SG&A expenses, was $8.6 million for 2011, $8.4 million for 2010, and $8.2 million for 2009. As discussed in Note 1, the Company is partially self-insured for its workers' compensation liability and its medical malpractice liability. The Company accounts for claims incurred but not yet reported based on estimates derived from historical claims experience and current trends of industry data. Changes in estimates, differences in estimates and actual payments for claims are recognized in the period that the estimates changed or the payments were made. The self-insurance claim liability was approximately $10.4 million and $10.2 million at December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively. Additionally, the Company has unused stand-by letters of credit outstanding to secure obligations for workers' compensation claims with various insurance carriers. The unused stand-by letters of credit at December 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010 were $2.4 million and $2.8 million, respectively. The Company is subject to earn-out obligations entered into in connection with its acquisitions. If the acquired businesses meet predetermined targets, the Company is obligated to make additional cash payments in accordance with the terms of such earn-out obligations. As of December 31, 2011, the Company has potential future earn-out obligations of approximately $10.2 million through 2013. As of December 31, 2011 and 2010, the Company has an income tax reserve in other long-term liabilities related to uncertain tax positions of $0.3 million. Legal Proceedings The Company is involved in various legal proceedings, claims and litigation arising in the ordinary course of business. However, based on the facts currently available, the Company does not believe that the disposition of matters that are pending or asserted will have a material effect on its consolidated financial statements. |
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