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New York, NY (WorkersCompensation.com). Employees can’t obtain benefits for World Trade Center clean-up efforts under New York’s Workers' Compensation Law article 8-A unless that show their work was genuinely connected to the rescue, recovery, and […]

Minneapolis, MN (WorkersCompensation.com) – In Minnesota, an employer may not be liable for injuries arising from a third party’s assault on a worker -- as long as the third party assaults the victim for personal […]

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – Ease of access to healthcare is a factor in not only outcomes, but also whether or not an injured employee remains compliant as a patient. Ease of access and communication is […]

Stuart, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Much of workers' compensation law is closely wrapped up in insurance law, which isn't a surprise since it's insurers that usually cover payments to injured workers. Thus, there are many insurance […]

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – A former family medicine specialist and an advanced practice registered nurse in Kentucky have been sentenced in an extensive case that involved high volumes and dangerous combinations of controlled substances, as […]

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) -- In talking to a workers' compensation nurse case manager colleague recently, she shared a story about a new case she had taken on. The Injured worker was in the hospital, so […]

Minneapolis, MN (WorkersCompensation.com) -- If a third party holds a personal grudge against an employee that is unrelated to the employee’s job, and deliberately assaults him at work, the victim is likely out of luck […]

Minneapolis, MN (WorkersCompensation.com) -- What bearing could cocaine have on an employee's work-related injury? It depends on whether the employee was "intoxicated" at the time of the accident, and as was on display in Morales […]