Workers' Compensation Daily Headlines

Brooklyn, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) – A laundromat worker was one of several employees stabbed at work over the past few weeks when a customer got upset because his laundry wasn’t done on time. Police said the […]

Case File In overruling a precedent case, the Nevada Supreme Court granted that workers' compensation insurers may assess the total proceeds of a third-party settlement with an injured worker, regardless of whether the proceeds are […]

Part Five of the Compassion Fatigue in Workers' Compensation Adjusters Series  Compassion fatigue not only affects the emotional well-being and job performance of workers' compensation adjusters, but it also results in significant costs for employers. […]

What Do You Think? Henderson, KY (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Companies and employees involved in workers’ compensation claims sometimes fight over whether diversity jurisdiction exists such that the case can be heard in federal court rather than […]

Baltimore, MD (WorkersCompensation.com) – On Friday, families of the six workers who were killed when the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed in March, filed suit against the owner and operator of the cargo ship that […]

Part Four of the Compassion Fatigue in Workers' Compensation Adjusters Series  The role of a workers' compensation adjuster is to ensure that injured workers receive the benefits they need while balancing the financial interests of […]

What Do You Think? Louisville, KY (WorkersCompensation.com) -- In Kentucky, an employee may be entitled to a three-times multiplier of his permanent partial disability benefits if he can show he lacks the physical capacity to return […]

Case Management Focus Educating a person about their conditions, plans of care, recovery and return to work is one of the most important things a nurse case manager can do when working with an injured […]