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Ready to Tackle the Mental Health Crisis? Start With Mental Injury Claims
Ready to Tackle the Mental Health Crisis? Start With Mental Injury Claims

By Karen Thomas, Vice President, Clinical Solutions, CorVel  In our post-COVID world, mandatory masking is reminiscent of a bygone era. Yet, while we have removed our physical masks, many of us still wear invisible ones—obscuring […]
Glossary Check: Tenn. ‘Mental Injury,’ Presumption for Firefighters
Glossary Check: Tenn. ‘Mental Injury,’ Presumption for Firefighters

Gallatin, TN (WorkersCompensation.com) -- In Tennessee, "injury" and "personal injury" include "mental injury," which state law defines as a loss of mental faculties or a mental or behavioral disorder, arising primarily out of a compensable […]
Bus Driver Tormented by COVID-19 Fears can’t Collect Benefits for Mental Injuries
Bus Driver Tormented by COVID-19 Fears can’t Collect Benefits for Mental Injuries

New York, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) – Few would question that being a bus driver during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic was highly stressful and might lead to depression and anxiety, and possibly heavy drinking […]
Second Injury Fund and Indemnity Disputes Highlighted in Iowa Workers’ Compensation Symposium (Part 4 of 4)
Second Injury Fund and Indemnity Disputes Highlighted in Iowa Workers’ Compensation Symposium (Part 4 of 4)

Mental Injury Claims, Jurisdictional Issues, and Disputes Involving the Second Injury Fund and Indemnity Des Moines, IA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- The 61st Annual Iowa Workers' Compensation Symposium continued its enlightening sessions, focusing on the agency case […]