Landover, MD (WorkersCompensation.com) – In Virginia, an occupational disease may include a disease that impacts the public in general if the employee’s development of the disease can be linked to the specific nature of his […]

Salem, OR (workerscompensation.com). Under the firefighter’s presumption, firefighters in Oregon need not bear the burden of demonstrating that certain diseases were caused by their occupation, if certain criteria are met.  When the presumption applies  The […]

Baton Rouge, LA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Louisiana law provides for the assessment of a penalty, and attorney’s fees, against an employer (or insurer), when the employer (or insurer) falls short on certain obligations under the state’s […]

Sweethome, OR (WorkersCompensation.com) – It’s not often one hears of a sheep herder applying for workers’ compensation benefits. And one rarely hears of an employee collecting benefits because his appendicitis occurred on the job. But […]

Parker, CO (WorkersCompensation.com)–To obtain workers’ compensation benefits, an employee must show that his injury arose out of his employment. But what happens when an employee falls while working and injures himself, and there’s no clear […]

King of Prussia, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- In Pennsylvania, an employer may file a petition to stop or reduce an employee’s workers’ compensation benefits if there has been a change in the employee’s medical condition or […]

Los Angeles, CA (WorkersCompensation.com) – A variety of factors can influence the success of a worker’s FMLA retaliation claim, but they often revolve around timing, performance history, and supervisors’ reactions to the employee’s leave requests. […]

St. Louis, MO (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Fire and police departments, and other employers of first responders in Missouri, may see a rising number of workers’ compensation claims, now that state law recognizes PTSD as a compensable […]