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What Do You Think: Can CNA Tie COVID-19 Infection to Nursing Home Work During Pandemic’s Peak? 
What Do You Think: Can CNA Tie COVID-19 Infection to Nursing Home Work During Pandemic’s Peak? 

Opp, AL (WorkersCompensation.com) -- It can be challenging for a workers’ compensation claimant to tie her COVID-19 infection to their job, even when she works in a particularly risky setting.  A lawsuit involving a nursing […]
Do You Know the Rule? Or. Firefighters’ Presumption 
Do You Know the Rule? Or. Firefighters’ Presumption 

Salem, OR (workerscompensation.com). Under the firefighter’s presumption, firefighters in Oregon need not bear the burden of demonstrating that certain diseases were caused by their occupation, if certain criteria are met.  When the presumption applies  The […]
Do You Know the Rule? Ariz’s Presumption of Occupational Disease for Firefighters
Do You Know the Rule? Ariz’s Presumption of Occupational Disease for Firefighters

Phoenix, AZ (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Beginning in 2001, the Arizona Legislature made it easier for firefighters (and fire investigators) seeking workers’ compensation to show that their job as a firefighter caused their cancer. Presumption of Occupational […]
Do You Know the Rule? Tenn. Special Provisions for Law Enforcement, Firefighters, Emergency Personnel 
Do You Know the Rule? Tenn. Special Provisions for Law Enforcement, Firefighters, Emergency Personnel 

Nashville, TN (WorkersCompensation.com) -- As is common across the country, Tennessee has special rules in place governing compensation for workers injured in the line of work in some of the most dangerous – and most […]