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Do You Know the Rule? When Mental illness is Compensable in Minn.
Do You Know the Rule? When Mental illness is Compensable in Minn.

Minneapolis, MN (WorkersCompensation.com) -- It was not that long ago when Minnesota incorporated “mental impairment” into the definition of “occupational disease” under the state’s Workers’ Compensation Act. Now, individuals with job-related PTSD may be able […]
Medical Evidence Points to Singular Hand Injury for Del. Worker
Medical Evidence Points to Singular Hand Injury for Del. Worker

Dover, DE (WorkersCompensation.com) -- When there's conflicting medical evidence about an injured worker, including that which comes from the worker himself, which side is a ruling authority supposed to come down on? As a Delaware […]
Maine Hospital Worker Doesn't Establish Tolling on Statute of Limitation Application
Maine Hospital Worker Doesn't Establish Tolling on Statute of Limitation Application

Augusta, ME (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Statutes of limitations can prevent workers' compensation claims from going forward after a certain period of time, but sometimes, circumstances allow that period to be extended. As the recent Maine case Farrell […]
Falsified Records Ground UPS Flight Scheduler's FMLA Retaliation Claims
Falsified Records Ground UPS Flight Scheduler's FMLA Retaliation Claims

Louisville, KY (WorkersCompensation.com) – Companies can overcome most retaliation claims if they can assert a genuine, lawful reason for terminating an employee and if they have documentation of that reason. In Devore v. UPS, No. […]
Closing More OJCC Offices
Closing More OJCC Offices

Change is coming. We find ourselves in the wake of great technological advances that we have worked very hard to develop and deploy. The onset of the Great Pandemic in 2020 drove our societal reliance […]
Attacks on Flight Attendants Continue, as Passenger Tries to Stab Crew Member with Spoon
Attacks on Flight Attendants Continue, as Passenger Tries to Stab Crew Member with Spoon

Boston, MA (WorkersCompensation.com) – Airline officials said a passenger has been arrested after he attempted to stab a flight attendant in the neck with a broken spoon.   According to Boston Police, a passenger on a […]
Recent Study Suggests NSAIDs, Muscle Relaxers Best for Easing Low Back Pain
Recent Study Suggests NSAIDs, Muscle Relaxers Best for Easing Low Back Pain

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – According to some statistics, low back pain is the top musculoskeletal condition to cause disability across the globe. Acute back pain is when patients have symptoms from 2 to 12 weeks. […]
Spine Surgeon Convicted of Accepting $300K in Large Calif. Kickback Case
Spine Surgeon Convicted of Accepting $300K in Large Calif. Kickback Case

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – A California spine surgeon has just been convicted of federal charges stemming from one of the largest fraud cases in California history involving the owner of the decommissioned Pacific Hospital and […]

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