What Do You Think? Florida's heart-lung statute creates a rebuttable presumption that heart disease is an accident that arose from employment for certain first responders, including law enforcement officers. A recent case involving a prison guard […]

Compliance Corner Under West Virginia workers' compensation law, no alleged injury or disease may be recognized as a compensable injury or disease if it was solely caused by nonphysical means and did not result in […]

Columbia, SC (WorkersCompensation.com) -- When are payments from South Carolina's State Accident Fund authorized? The following chart spells it out. Topics Expenditure Rules General payments State Accident Fund expenditures are authorized for the payment of […]

From devastating wildfires to mass shootings to heated demonstrations to life-threatening viruses, our first responders face more dangerous and potentially traumatic situations today than ever before. Although many people believe that all first responders are […]

Richmond, VA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- As in other states, Virginia has special workers' compensation coverage provisions regarding post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety disorder, and depressive disorder that is incurred by first responders. The following breaks down the […]