Las Vegas, NV (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Police officers in Nevada are entitled to a presumption that their heart disease arose out of and in the course of employment. Insurers and employers, however, can overcome that presumption. […]

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 […]

Greencastle, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- When an employee has a heart attack at work, there is always the question of whether his job activities, rather than his personal habits and physical health, caused the attack.   As […]

Dilley, TX (WorkersCompensation.com) A company that terminates an employee shortly after the employee files a workers’ compensation claim is always at some risk of being accused of retaliating. If an employee hopes to make out […]

Roland, IA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- In Iowa, an injured worker can sue a company or coworkers for negligence if he can show they were grossly negligent. Otherwise, in most cases, the injured employee is limited to […]

New Hope, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) Employees can wear many hats. But does a company hat make a worker an “employee?” Along with a few factors that are especially relevant to distinguishing which truckers are employees, and […]

Jackson, TN (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Workers who suffer a gradual onset injury, such as hearing loss that occurs over a long period, must notify their employer of the injury within 30 days of when they knew […]

Little Rock, AR (WorkersCompensation.com) – It never looks good when an employer fires a worker while they are on FMLA leave. It can create the appearance that the termination was reprisal for taking the leave, […]