Georgia Governor Signs First Responders’ PTSD Benefits Bill Into Law May 6, 2024 Starting in January, Georgia’s first responders will be eligible for limited, supplemental benefits to help cover treatment for post-traumatic stress...
Florida Saw Jump in Workers’ Comp Cost per Claim in 2022-23, WCRI Report Shows May 6, 2024 By William Rabb Call it the effects of wage creep during the pandemic, along with a little bit of creep in the duration...
Pennsylvania High Court to Decide If Workers’ Compensation Covers CBD Oil May 3, 2024 By Andrew G. Simpson A veteran Pennsylvania workers’ compensation attorney will soon have a chance to argue before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court that his...
Newark Wants Cargo Ship Firefighters’ Deaths Handled Under Workers’ Compensation May 2, 2024 By Andrew G. Simpson The city of Newark is asking a federal court to dismiss negligence and wrongful death claims against it by the...
BNSF Signs Anonymous Federal Safety Hotline for Workers May 1, 2024 By Josh Funk OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — BNSF will become the second major freight railroad to allow some of its employees to report...
Employer Can’t Deny Comp Claim in Shooting Then Argue Immunity, Court Says April 26, 2024 An employer cannot deny a workers’ compensation claim on the grounds that a shooting injury was not work-related then turn...
‘It’s in the Mail’ Is Not Good Enough to Protest Workers’ Compensation Claim April 25, 2024 By Andrew G. Simpson A Connecticut employer lost its right to contest a workers’ compensation claim because although it mailed its notice to the...
Workers’ Comp Apportion Evals Must be Well-Reasoned, WV Supreme Court Says April 24, 2024 By William Rabb West Virginia law, like statutes in a number of states, allows employers to try and apportion contributions to a worker’s...
Once Praised, Settlement to Help BP Oil Spill Workers Leaves Most With Nearly Nothing April 22, 2024 By Travis Loller and Michael Phillis When a deadly explosion destroyed BP’s Deepwater Horizon drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico, 134 million gallons of crude...
Cable Company Worker Electrocuted While Working on Utility Pole in Upstate New York April 22, 2024 A man working on a utility pole was electrocuted early Friday when low-hanging wires made contact with the basket of...