Workers' Compensation Daily Headlines

New York, NY (WorkersCompensation.com)–A compensable injury is one that can be connected to the specific activities a worker performs as part of his job.  As a case involving a supervisor for a transit authority demonstrates, […]

Tampa, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – A new report has found that Wyoming tops the country in workplace fatalities.   Health experts at Tampa-based NiceRx analyzed information from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 2020 State Occupational Injuries, […]

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – According to recent reports, hackers have been actively hitting healthcare the last couple of months. In a Becker’s report from earlier this week, Baton Rouge general had to shut its computer […]

San Diego, CA (WorkersCompensation.com) – As attacks on flight attendants decline, the fall-out from last year’s explosion of unruly passengers continues to play out.    This week, a California woman was sentenced to 15 months in […]

Atlanta, GA (WorkersCompensation.com) – A restaurant worker is dead after a customer got upset over the amount of mayonnaise on his sandwich.    Police in Atlanta reported that two Subway restaurant employees were shot on Sunday. […]

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – While a recent bill, Safety From Violence for Healthcare Employees (SAVE) Act, has been introduced to protect healthcare workers from workplace violence, more work may need to be done to support […]

Monroe, NC (WorkersCompensation.com)–An employer who asserts that a workplace injury arose out of a chronic condition, rather than the worker’s job, better be ready to make its case.  In Stewart v. Goulston Technologies, Inc., No. […]

Chicago, IL (WorkersCompensation.com) – Respecting the Americans with Disabilities Act does not mean ignoring the standards of a professional workplace. For example, in Schneider v. Harmon Solutions Group LLC, No. 21-2813 (7th Cir. 06/23/22, unpublished), […]