Viewpoint: Telehealth Risks and Predicted Impacts For 2022 January 6, 2022 By Judy Klein The COVID-19 pandemic reshaped the delivery of healthcare – including the adoption of telehealth, defined as the delivery and facilitation...
Employer Must Face Worker’s Lawsuit Over Husband’s COVID Death, Calif. Court Rules December 22, 2021 By Brendan Pierson A California candymaker must face a lawsuit by an employee who says she caught COVID-19 at work and gave it...
Claim For Fatal Heat Stroke Barred by Missouri Ruling on Co-Employee Lawsuits December 22, 2021 By Jim Sams Tyler Scott Halsey worked himself to death trimming trees in 96-degree heat, his parents say. They alleged in a lawsuit...
Some Experts Say Too Many Work Comp Claims Are Litigated December 21, 2021 By William Rabb Employers may be warming up to the idea that fighting some workers’ compensation claims and medical treatments can be counterproductive,...
Pa. Supreme Finds Injury During Transit From After-Hours Event Was Work Related December 7, 2021 By Elizabeth Blosfield A traveling salesperson injured in a car accident after an employer-sponsored happy hour had to drive past the highway exit...
NCCI: Work Comp Claim Frequency Dipped During Height of Pandemic December 2, 2021 By Jim Sams The COVID-19 pandemic corresponded with an unusual decrease in workers’ compensation claim severity, while claim frequency was pretty much unchanged,...
Jury Awards $42 Million to Rapid City Woman Injured at Work November 10, 2021 RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A Pennington County jury has awarded $42 million to a Rapid City woman after she...
Court Asks if Exclusive Remedy Exception Applies to ‘Intentional’ Lead Poisoning November 5, 2021 By Jim Sams Utah workers are allowed to sue their employers for an injury caused by their employer’s intentional act. That exception to...
NCCI Report Warns of ‘Alarming and Sobering’ Impact from Long-Haul COVID October 28, 2021 By Jim Sams About 10% of people who contracted COVID-19 continue to suffer persistent symptoms months later, creating the potential for millions of...
12 Plead Guilty in South Carolina Check Cashing Scheme October 27, 2021 By Claims Journal staff Federal prosecutors in South Carolina announced that 12 people have pleaded guilty to tax fraud and immigration charges in a...