Workers' Compensation Daily Headlines

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – With comments from the likes of Elon Musk, and recent reports of a suicide stemming from encouragement to do so by an AI chatbot, AI has been a hot topic with […]

Nashville, TN (WorkersCompesation.com) – Further attacks on nurses and healthcare worker have prompted more calls for safety reforms to protect them. In Tennessee this month, a nurse was struck by a patient with a metal […]

Seattle, WA (WorkersCompensation.com) – One way companies can defend themselves against FMLA retaliation claims is by pointing to a history of granting an employee’s FMLA requests. This can help show that a subsequent termination, or […]

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – Florida businessman, Nagaindra Srivastav of Tampa, has been sentenced to 9 years in federal prison for his role in an international healthcare scheme involving more than $48 million in fraudulent payments […]