In Alabama, an occupational disease is defined as “a disease arising out of and in the course of employment… which is due to hazards in excess of those ordinarily incident to employment in general and is ...
Read More PTSD typically starts with exposure to a critical incident. In order to meet the definition of PTSD, symptoms must last 30 days or more and disrupts normal life pursuits. It results from violation of ...
Read More The Florida First District Court recently granted rehearing and provided an explanation of its decision to affirm a Judge of Compensation Claims in 2K South Beach Hotel, LLC v. Mustelier, No. 1D19-0713. ...
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“No man is an island entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent.”
-- John Donne, Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions, 1624
Indeed, ...
Read More We are in the opening inning of the Covid-19 pandemic, so forecasting where this will end up is a fool’s game.
That said, we know and can confidently predict a couple things well worth ...
Read More Alabama Court Appearances Temporarily Suspended On March 13, 2020, the Alabama Supreme Court issued an administrative order which suspended all court appearances for 30 days. On March 15, 2020, the Court ...
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Minnesota - Last Monday, SF 4130 was introduced in the Minnesota Senate. The bill contains the legislative recommendations of the Workers’ Compensation Advisory Council, a group made up of ...
Read More Late Saturday night, the House passed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act. This bill was originally introduced on March 6, and I have been following it closely.
Since its introduction, there ...
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Below is an aggregation of the stories I posted on LinkedIn since my last edition. I curate them through the prism of an "intersection of chronic pain and appropriate treatment" and so they come attached ...
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