Workers' Compensation Daily Headlines

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – According to a recent report from Becker’s Hospital Review, a federal judge has issued a first round settlement approval in a lawsuit against Ascension Health for their alleged application of their […]

Columbus, OH (WorkersCompensation.com) -- According to Black's Law Dictionary, subrogation is the substitution of one thing or another, or of one person into the place of another with respect to rights, claims, or securities. Subrogation […]

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Every now and then when you're meandering through some legal research on workers' compensation and what courts have decided, you come across something that stands out. Take the case of an […]

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – According to data from Sedgwick, 2021 had the highest number of medical devices recalled in the past 5 years, but the lowest number of product recall events. Sterility was the leading […]

Charlotte, NC (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Like in other areas of the law, mediation plays a role in workers' compensation law. So, it's not surprising that states, like North Carolina, have incorporated rules about mediation into their […]

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – Some studies have shown that 7 percent of workers who have filed COVID-19 claims received treatment for long COVID. Overall, estimates from this past year suggest that long COVID accounted for […]

Harrisburg, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- It's hard to pass up a good "dog bites worker" story, but does workers' compensation law in Pennsylvania keep a worker who has on the job been bitten by a dog […]

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – Employers are required to perform not only an extensive federal background check but verify medical licenses when employing clinical staff. Additionally, healthcare employers are required to do a review of the […]