Workers Comp Blogwire

ILLINOIS Supervisor Compensated for Recreational Injury

How Would You Decide: Illinois Fitness Supervisor’s Injury Playing “Wallyball” Found Compensable In Spite of Statute Barring Recovery for “Voluntary” Recreational Activity Here’s What Happened The employee

Number 1 Drug of Choice Is Alcohol; Test-Measurable Alcohol Usually Slept Off Before Work

TWO KEY MYTHS ABOUT DRUGS and ALCOHOL USE Myth #1: The best way to reduce workplace addiction commits most resources to catching abusers, so as ...

Calif. Practitioners: Don’t Forget to Exhaust All Administrative Remedies Before Appealing

By Reid L. Steinfeld, Esq. and Richard Boggan, J.D. Petition for reconsideration (“Recon”): A legal process to appeal a decision issued by a workers' compensation judge. ...

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Ask the Doctor? - Utilization Review in Delaware

By Cassandra Roberts, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor LLP Today I have the pleasure of hosting guest blogger Michael Owen, Esquire of the Wilmington insurance defense law ...

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Insuring Disabled Seniors and The Public Option

Disabled workers over the age of 65 have difficult decisions to make concerning health insurance. Those who rely upon workers’ compensation and Medicare to cover ...

Tuberculosis, Hep C and Illinois workers' compensation

Within the last week we have received a call from an emergency room doctor that has tuberculosis and a nurse that has hepatitis C. They ...

MISSOURI Undocumented Workers Fighting the System Seeking to Regain Contract Work

Janitorial Contractor Fights to Regain Business An Oklahoma-based janitorial contractor who claims Missouri wrongly put him out of business two years ago over allegations he employed illegal immigrants ...