Attacks on Workers Continue

• 05/09/22
• Liz Carey

High Point, NC (WorkersCompensation.com) – A woman stabbed a fast food worker over a sandwich order this  past week, in a continuing assault on workers across the ...
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What Do You Think: Was Preschool Owner's Bariatric Surgery Compensable?

• 05/09/22
• Frank Ferreri

Charlotte, NC (WorkersCompensation.com) –  Losing weight is sometimes required before someone can undergo surgery, but does that mean it’s compensable if the necessary surgery is ...
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Supervisory Role Doesn't Constitute Reasonable Accommodation for Laborer

• 05/06/22
• Frank Ferreri

Tallmadge, OH (WorkersCompensation.com) – Changing the way a job is done is often the key to successfully providing an employee with a disability with a reasonable accommodation. However, as the ...
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Flight Attendant Assaulted by Passenger as American Airlines Requests Two Drink Max

• 05/05/22
• Liz Carey

Phoenix, AZ (WorkersCompensation.com) – FBI agents arrested a man who said his homophobia may have caused him to assault an American Airlines flight attendant.    According to a ...
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Charges Filed in Opioid Cases Involving 5.1 Million Pills, $7 Million in Reimbursement

• 05/05/22
• FJ Thomas

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – The Appalachian region has always been fraught with woe and despair. Some studies have supported that reputation, showing a higher rate of mental illness ...
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MTA, NY Police Meet over Increase in Attacks on Workers, Passengers

• 05/04/22
• Liz Carey

New York, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) – So far this year, at least 45 Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) workers and New York Police Department (NYPD) officials have been assaulted in New York ...
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Questions Arise About Whether Virus from Poultry Facility Caused Cardiac Problem

• 05/04/22
• Frank Ferreri

Little Rock, AR (WorkersCompensation.com) – Can a virus cause a heart condition? And can it be said to be a specific incident identifiable by time and place of occurrence.  It’s possible, ...
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Bus Driver still Battling for Workers' Comp 3 Years after Explosion

• 05/03/22
• Liz Carey

Durham, NC (WorkersCompensation.com) – More than three years after a deadly natural gas explosion, a Durham, N.C., bus driver is still fighting to get workers’ compensation from injuries he ...
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What Do You Think: Did COVID-19 Allow Employee to Delay Workers' Compensation Proceedings?

• 05/02/22
• Frank Ferreri

Topeka, KS (WorkersCompensation.com) – When the pandemic hit in March of 2020, time stood still in many places – including for court calendars and deadlines. However, labor departments stayed ...
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