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Can Construction Laborer get Benefits for On-the-job Heart Attack?
Can Construction Laborer get Benefits for On-the-job Heart Attack?

What Do You Think? Casper, WY (WorkersCompensation.com). An employee who suffers a heart attack at work may or may not be able to obtain workers’ compensation benefits for the injury. Whether he can secure benefits […]
What is the ‘Idiopathic Fall Doctrine’ in Utah?
What is the ‘Idiopathic Fall Doctrine’ in Utah?

Do You Know the Rule? Ogden, UT (WorkersCompensation.com) – In Utah, for the idiopathic fall doctrine to apply, a condition of the employee’s work must actually aggravate the injury the worker sustains. The presence of […]
Did Ergonomics Report Sink Shipyard Worker’s Repetitive Injury Claim?
Did Ergonomics Report Sink Shipyard Worker’s Repetitive Injury Claim?

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Could Worker get Mental Health Benefits for Post-accident Depression, Anxiety?
Could Worker get Mental Health Benefits for Post-accident Depression, Anxiety?

What Do You Think? Richmond, VA (WorkersCompensation.com). When an employee seeks mental health benefits under the workers’ compensation act following a physical injury at work, it’s worth considering whether the two injuries are genuinely connected.  […]
Could Widow of Driver Packed into Hotel During Pandemic Sue for Negligence?
Could Widow of Driver Packed into Hotel During Pandemic Sue for Negligence?

What Do You Think? Santa Maria, CA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Employees, or their survivors, may be able to sue a company for negligence, and thus bypass the workers’ compensation exclusivity rule, if they can show the […]
Did Shoveling Snow Stop Construction Manager’s Heart – or was it Just Cigarettes?
Did Shoveling Snow Stop Construction Manager’s Heart – or was it Just Cigarettes?

What Do You Think? Montgomery, IL (WorkersCompensation.com) -- A preexisting condition can bar an employee from recovering for an accidental injury at work. But what if multiple factors–not just the pre-existing condition–caused the accident? Can […]
Was Farm Company’s Truck Driver a ‘Farm Laborer’ Exempt from Delaware’s WCA?
Was Farm Company’s Truck Driver a ‘Farm Laborer’ Exempt from Delaware’s WCA?

What Do You Think? Townsend, DE (WorkersCompensation.com) -- In Delaware, employers generally are not required to provide workers’ compensation benefits to “farm laborers.” But what is a farm laborer? The picture that may come to […]
Could Golfing Ironworker get PPD Benefits Despite Narrow Job Search?
Could Golfing Ironworker get PPD Benefits Despite Narrow Job Search?

What Do You Think? Chicago, IL (WorkersCompensation.com) -- The “odd-lot” theory allows claimants to obtain permanent total disability benefits where they cannot find work, despite diligently searching. But what if the employee, while not working, […]