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What Do You Think: May Snowplow’s Wife Get Benefits for Husband’s Fatal Heart Attack? 
What Do You Think: May Snowplow’s Wife Get Benefits for Husband’s Fatal Heart Attack? 

Islip, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Death benefits are not awarded simply because a spouse died at work; the death must be causally related to the worker’s employment. But what if there were both work-related and non-work-related […]
Supermarket Manager’s Widow Must Pursue Va. WCA as Sole Remedy for Death Claim
Supermarket Manager’s Widow Must Pursue Va. WCA as Sole Remedy for Death Claim

Landover, MD (WorkersCompensation.com) – In Virginia, an occupational disease may include a disease that impacts the public in general if the employee’s development of the disease can be linked to the specific nature of his […]
Do You Know the Rule? Workers’ Comp ‘Death Benefits’ in N.Y.
Do You Know the Rule? Workers’ Comp ‘Death Benefits’ in N.Y.

New York, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Employers and their insurance carriers may be responsible for paying a surviving family member workers’ compensation benefits when an employee dies due to a work-related event. This article explains who […]