We are Illinois work comp lawyers. But we feel it’s our job to help people who come to us for advice on anything that stems from the work comp case. So if you have a […]

Troy MI (WorkersCompensation.com). Employers defending themselves against a failure-to-accommodate claim should always look over a worker’s prior social security disability application. As illustrated in Snow v. Beaumont Troy Hospital, No. 19-cv-13004 (E.D. Mich. 09/15/22), an […]

The CDC recently reported gabapentin was involved in one out of every ten fatal overdose deaths in reporting states. Similar to opioids, gabapentin can cause severe breathing difficulties  – which are exacerbated when the drug is combined with other […]

The New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory Commission has issued guidance for workplaces as a first step toward formulating and approving standards for Workplace Impairment Recognition Expert certifications. The guidance and “Reasonable Suspicion Observation Report Form” issued by NJ-CRC […]

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A couple of months back I had a nice phone with the business manager of a big union. They are an ethical union that maintains a list of lawyers to recommend to their members. I […]

Schenectady, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) – Sometimes it’s the timing of an employee’s termination that gets a company in trouble. A company that fired a senior counsel in its legal affairs department not long after he began […]

Administrator Troy Haley has appointed Shaterra Reed Marion as a judge on the Court of Workers’ Compensation Claims, the adjudicative function within the Tennessee Bureau of Workers’ Compensation. She will be located in the Memphis office. […]