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Waitress' Fall Raises Questions about Contractor's Negligence
Waitress' Fall Raises Questions about Contractor's Negligence

Louisville, KY (WorkersCompensation.com) – When construction is completed, the contractor usually isn’t held liable for injuries that occur after the job is done. However, in Windus v. Buffalo Construction Inc., No. 2020-CA-1035-MR (Ky. Ct. App. […]
Former Georgia Insurance Commissioner Indicted on Fraud Charges
Former Georgia Insurance Commissioner Indicted on Fraud Charges

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) –A former insurance commissioner that once launched a criminal investigation into the CEO of a workers compensation insurer has now been indicted himself on conspiracy to commit health care fraud, and conspiracy […]
What Do You Think: Was Terminated Worker Entitled to Disability Benefit?
What Do You Think: Was Terminated Worker Entitled to Disability Benefit?

Chicago, IL (WorkersCompensation.com) – In many cases, when an employee’s time at a job, benefits that came with the job cease as well. However, that’s not always the case, and as a scenario in Illinois […]
Attacks on Flight Personnel Down After Mask Mandate Dropped
Attacks on Flight Personnel Down After Mask Mandate Dropped

Washington, DC (WorkersCompensation.com) Attacks on flight attendants and other airline crew members is down following a judge’s ruling effectively banning the mask mandate on airplanes.    According to data from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the […]
Study Suggests High Level of Physician Burnout Associated with Discrimination
Study Suggests High Level of Physician Burnout Associated with Discrimination

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – Job burnout has been a hot topic in the workplace the last couple of years with all of the challenges that workers have faced during the pandemic. Workers who are burnout […]
8th Cir.: Lower Risk of COVID Permits Dropping Mask Injunction
8th Cir.: Lower Risk of COVID Permits Dropping Mask Injunction

Des Moines, IA (WorkersCompensation.com) – As schools reopened during the middle of the pandemic, the rise of the delta and omicron variants raised safety concerns that included the health and wellbeing of school staff, including […]
Failure to Mention Preexisting Shoulder Injury Tears Away Technician's Benefits
Failure to Mention Preexisting Shoulder Injury Tears Away Technician's Benefits

New York, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) – A worker may lose his benefits, as well as access to future benefits, if he fails to mention a prior related injury.  That’s what happened in Nappi v. Verizon New York, […]
Medical Data Nail Down Carpenter's Need for Continued Benefits, Work Restrictions
Medical Data Nail Down Carpenter's Need for Continued Benefits, Work Restrictions

Chicago, IL (WorkersCompensation.com) – Sometimes a workers' compensation dispute boils down to the quality and quantity of medical data on one side or the other.  That was the case in Service Drywall and Decorating v. Illinois […]

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