Excessive Heat An Increasing Concern in Workers Comp: WCRI June 20, 2024 By Allen Laman With temperatures pushing above 90 degrees in parts of the Midwest and Northeast United States this week, many American workers...
16 Nabbed in Florida Sting Operation for Failing to Get Workers’ Comp Coverage May 3, 2024 A sting operation in Manatee County, Florida, has led to the arrest of 16 men who were working without a...
New York Court Officer Wins 9/11 Workers’ Compensation Benefits on Appeal May 2, 2024 By Andrew G. Simpson On the morning of September 11, 2001, Robert Liotta was at his job as a senior court officer at 100...
Study Shows Poorer Recovery Among Injured Workers with Psychosocial Risk Factors April 2, 2024 Workers’ compensation patients had a higher prevalence of psychosocial risk factors than private insurance patients, and a stronger association between...
Report: Four-in-10 California Workers’ Comp Claims from Workers with Less Than a Year of Tenure April 1, 2024 Roughly four-in-10 workers’ compensation claims come from workers with less than one year of tenure, a new report from the...
New Jersey Expands Workers’ Compensation for First Responders January 24, 2024 New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy recently signed into law a change in workers’ compensation coverage for volunteer and professional public...
Wegman’s Has Right to Question Injured Worker’s Doctor, Rules New York’s High Court December 22, 2023 By Andrew G. Simpson Wegman’s Food Markets was wrongly denied an opportunity to cross-examine an injured employee’s doctor, the New York Court of Appeals...
Home Modifications Required by Pa. Work Comp Law Do Not Include a New Home August 4, 2022 By Andrew G. Simpson Pennsylvania’s workers’ compensation law authorizes modifications to a home to accommodate an injured employee’s needs. It also may require paying...
Research Finds No Improvement in Worker Outcomes When Medical Prices Increase May 24, 2019 By Jim Sams When the price of physician services increases relative to group health rates, injured workers report fewer problems getting the care...
Hawaii Panda Express Worker Sustains Burns After Explosion November 8, 2018 An employee at a Hawaii Panda Express was taken to the hospital for burn injuries following a suspected gas explosion...