Richmond, VA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- If you visited our sister site, Simply Research, recently, you might have come across updates Virginia recently made to its Petition for Medical Treatment. Here are the instructions the Old Dominion […]

Phoenix, AZ (WorkersCompensation.com) -- For those who read our recent summary on the case of a worker in Arizona who died from getting COVID on the job, a part of the court's analysis dealt with […]

Phoenix, AZ (WorkersCompensation.com) -- While much of life and work has returned to what it looked like before 2020, there will always be reminders of how severe the pandemic was at its height. For example, […]

Charleston, WV (WorkersCompensation.com) -- What happens in West Virginia when a doctor thinks an injured worker needs a second MRI, but the claims administrator disagrees? If Stewart v. Wolseley Investments Inc., No. 22-0215 (W. Va. […]

Austin, TX (WorkersCompensation.com) -- In Texas, when it comes to workers' compensation coverage for government employees and employees of political subdivisions, state law sets forth offsets against payment for incapacity, as the following chart breaks […]

Fall River, MA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- The trade off that comes with workers' compensation benefits typically means that an injured worker who settles a claim can't turn around and sue in tort for the same injury. […]

Charleston, WV (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Whether medication is necessary is a medical decision, but for workers' compensation purposes, it is also a legal question, often with a court having the final say. For example, in Becca […]

Las Vegas, NV (WorkersCompensation.com) -- In Nevada, form C-4, Employee's Claim for Compensation/Report of Initial Treatment, grants authorization for the disclosure of medical or other pertinent information with an original signature or digital signature. Here […]