Workers' Compensation Daily Headlines

Compliance Corner What does it mean for a worker who experiences employment-related aggravation of preexisting condition that is not employment related? What about when the worker experiences aggravation of an employment-related injury by incident that […]

The Trained A-Eye Welcome back, classmates! If last week’s English lesson taught us the art of crafting strong prompts, then today we head to the library, my favorite place in school! The library has always […]

What Do You Think? In Mississippi, a government employer with workers’ compensation insurance usually cannot be sued by an injured employee. State law makes governmental entities immune to such lawsuits.  But what if the employee […]

Caselaw Roundup For those who read about the Florida worker who ran into statute of limitations troubles on his workers' compensation claim learned that a pending request for attorney's fees wouldn't toll, or pause, the […]

Case File An employee's initial petition for benefits, which was later voluntarily dismissed before the employer's acceptance of compensability or adjudication of any entitlement to compensation or medical benefits did not continue to toll the […]

Safety at Work North Codorus, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) – Three police officers are dead after an armed man in camouflage lurking in the nearby cornfield opened fire on them. Two other officers were injured in the […]

Case File Although she had been using it for 30 years, a school worker's use of hydrocodone was non-compensable for treatment of her work-related injury. Simply Research subscribers have access to the full text of […]

Case File Penn State's identifying an open an available job within a worker's vocational and physical capabilities demonstrated an increase in the worker's earning power. Simply Research subscribers have access to the full text of […]