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3 Skills to Help Determine Workers' Comp Injury Causation

14 May, 2021 Rebecca Shafer

Proper denials of primary liability start with claim handlers successfully investigating matters of causation. Issues of concern include understanding the mechanism of injury and activities the employee was performing. It also includes obtaining the necessary […]

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