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Contractor Sentenced for Denying Compensation to Injured Worker
Contractor Sentenced for Denying Compensation to Injured Worker

Minneapolis, MN (WorkersCompensation.com) – A Minneapolis construction company owner was sentenced Monday to two years' probation for lying to his employees about workers’ compensation following an injury. Nelson Israel Lopez Giron, 35, pleaded guilty to […]
Minnesota Workers’ Compensation Contact Information
Minnesota Workers’ Compensation Contact Information

Please Note: for Claims assistance or questions about coverage and exemptions You will need to call one of the numbers listed below. Also be aware that the Workers' Compensation Assistance Offices in different states may […]
Injection Treatment’s Allowing Minn. Worker to Hold Job, Cut Opioids Warrants Application of ‘Rare Case Exception’
Injection Treatment’s Allowing Minn. Worker to Hold Job, Cut Opioids Warrants Application of ‘Rare Case Exception’

Minneapolis, MN (WorkersCompensation.com) -- In Minnesota, treatment parameters are set up to keep costs low when an injured worker is under medical care. But as was the case in McKeever v. Cub Foods, No. WC22-6499 […]
Cheat Sheet: Minn. Petitions Filed with Workers’ Compensation Division
Cheat Sheet: Minn. Petitions Filed with Workers’ Compensation Division

Minneapolis, MN (WorkersCompensation.com) -- If you had to file a petition with Minnesota's Workers' Compensation Division, would you know what to do and how the process would work? The following chart breaks down the steps. […]
Do You Know the Rule? Minn. ‘Assault’ Exception
Do You Know the Rule? Minn. ‘Assault’ Exception

Minneapolis, MN (WorkersCompensation.com) -- If a third party holds a personal grudge against an employee that is unrelated to the employee’s job, and deliberately assaults him at work, the victim is likely out of luck […]
Minn. Worker’s Cocaine Use Days Earlier Didn’t ‘Intoxicate’ him During Wreck
Minn. Worker’s Cocaine Use Days Earlier Didn’t ‘Intoxicate’ him During Wreck

Minneapolis, MN (WorkersCompensation.com) -- What bearing could cocaine have on an employee's work-related injury? It depends on whether the employee was "intoxicated" at the time of the accident, and as was on display in Morales […]