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Did 2 Calls in 7 Days to Shootings Make Firefighter’s PTSD Compensable?
Did 2 Calls in 7 Days to Shootings Make Firefighter’s PTSD Compensable?

What Do You Think? To recover for a mental injury, it must be caused by work-related stress that is truly unusual for the job in question. Because firefighters respond to a lot of difficult situations, […]
Watching ‘Fight or Flight,’ Acting out Shooting Builds TSA Worker’s Traumatic Injury Case
Watching ‘Fight or Flight,’ Acting out Shooting Builds TSA Worker’s Traumatic Injury Case

Federal Focus A Transportation Security Administration worker had to watch a training video on shootings and participate in an active shooter role play scenario, which triggered his PTSD and supported his workers' compensation argument. Simply […]
Supervisor’s Credibility Disconnects Verizon Worker’s PTSD claim 
Supervisor’s Credibility Disconnects Verizon Worker’s PTSD claim 

Case File Work is stressful—sometimes very stressful. But an employee is unlikely to have a compensable claim based on stress alone. Instead, she’ll have to show that stress was out of the ordinary—greater than what […]
Officer Establishes PTSD from Assault by Man ‘Smoking Crack,’ ‘Getting Drunk with Tupac’
Officer Establishes PTSD from Assault by Man ‘Smoking Crack,’ ‘Getting Drunk with Tupac’

Verona, MS (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Is it quantity or quality that makes something better? According to the court in City of Verona v. Moffett, No. 2022-WC-0150-COA (Miss. Ct. App. 05/07/24), when it comes to medical evidence […]
Social Worker’s Evidence Connects Details of Client’s Murdering Someone to Job-related PTSD
Social Worker’s Evidence Connects Details of Client’s Murdering Someone to Job-related PTSD

Minneapolis, MN (WorkersCompensation.com) -- What does it take for a worker in Minnesota to establish that she experienced PTSD because of her job? That was the question the state's top court faced in Tea v. […]
Breaking the Chains of Trauma: Revolutionary Insights into PTSD in the Workplace
Breaking the Chains of Trauma: Revolutionary Insights into PTSD in the Workplace

Hartford, CT (WorkersCompensation.com) -- In a compelling presentation at the 20th Annual Workers Compensation Insurance ExecuSummit, Dr. Sofia Noori, MD, MPH, of Nema Health, offered a comprehensive exploration of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in the […]
The Future of Workers’ Comp: Innovations and Hurdles Explored at 20th ExecuSummit
The Future of Workers’ Comp: Innovations and Hurdles Explored at 20th ExecuSummit

Hartford, CT (WorkersCompensation.com) -- The 20th Annual Workers Compensation Insurance ExecuSummit convened on January 23, 2024, in Hartford, Connecticut, drawing a gathering of experts and thought leaders in workers' compensation. This summit featured a diverse […]
Do You Know the Rule? PTSD Compensability in Mo.
Do You Know the Rule? PTSD Compensability in Mo.

St. Louis, MO (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Fire and police departments, and other employers of first responders in Missouri, may see a rising number of workers’ compensation claims, now that state law recognizes PTSD as a compensable […]