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Lack of Evidence on Suicide, Opioids Sends Postal Worker’s Widow’s Case Back to OWCP
Lack of Evidence on Suicide, Opioids Sends Postal Worker’s Widow’s Case Back to OWCP

Federal Focus When it came to deciding whether a federal worker's suicide resulted from his job, as was required to establish the compensability of death benefits to his widow, ECAB found that OWCP needed another […]
4 L.A. Sheriff’s Employees Die by Suicide in 24-Hour Span 
4 L.A. Sheriff’s Employees Die by Suicide in 24-Hour Span 

Los Angeles, CA (WorkersCompensation.com) – Four current and former Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department employees have died by suicide over a 24-hour span, officials said last week.   According to Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna alluded […]
Case Management Focus: Suicide is NOT the Answer — There is Hope 
Case Management Focus: Suicide is NOT the Answer — There is Hope 

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) -- As workers’ compensation case managers, we see how life can change on a dime – thrusting people into a complex healthcare system that can wreak havoc on their lives and the […]
Jockey Suicides and Mental Health Issues Unleash Safety Challenges for Thoroughbred Racing
Jockey Suicides and Mental Health Issues Unleash Safety Challenges for Thoroughbred Racing

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Earlier this year, horse racing was shocked by the suicides less than six weeks apart of two young jockeys, 23-year-old Avery Whisman and 29-year-old Alex Canchari. “It’s important for the industry […]
Second NYC Google Employee Takes Own Life
Second NYC Google Employee Takes Own Life

New York, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) – A senior software engineer at the New York headquarters for Google apparently died by suicide last week, the second Google engineer to do so in recent months. Police said the […]