Workers Comp

Lawmakers in Maryland are considering a bill that would allow an injured worker or surviving family member to sue an employer for intentional acts that the employer had “actual knowledge” would occur.  S.B. 750, introduced Thursday, would provide an exception to exclusive remedy in workers compensation, making an employer liable if an employee is injured …

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Lawmakers in South Carolina are considering a bill that would amend its workers compensation laws to provide the requirements for a first responder to file a workers comp claim for a “stress or mental injury” that is not accompanied by a physical injury. H.B. 4992, introduced Wednesday and referred to the Committee on Judiciary, states …

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Workers compensation is the only health care payer system that has seen a year-over-year decline in hospital inpatient discharges for more than a decade in California, according to new research findings published Wednesday by the California Workers’ Compensation Institute. The report, which examined inpatient care utilization trends between 2012 and 2022, shows that workers comp …

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The New Hampshire Supreme Court on Tuesday reinstated a teacher’s claim for benefits for his methicillin-resistant staph infection, which he contracted in a wound he suffered while on a school-sponsored camping trip. Peter Southworth was working for Proctor Academy as an English teacher in September 2015 when he was a faculty supervisor for a multiday …

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An Alabama appellate court ruled Wednesday that a trial court wrongly dismissed a worker’s compensation claim filed by a nursing assistant who said she was left permanently disabled after contracting COVID-19 at the nursing home where she worked. The Court of Civil Appeals ruled the trial judge improperly found that COVID-19 was not compensable under …

Nursing assistant can pursue COVID comp claim: Appeals Court Read More »

A transportation company in New Jersey faces $437,860 in fines after Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspectors repeatedly found workplace safety and health hazards involving chemicals. OSHA initiated its investigation of Dana Container in Paulsboro in July 2023 in response to an employee complaint that alleged safety and health deficiencies. The agency cited the company …

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A 20-year analysis of health care treatment released Wednesday revealed a significant rise in use of complementary health approaches, such as yoga and meditation, especially for pain management. The analysis, conducted by the National Institutes of Health’s National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health and published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, found that …

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The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration said Wednesday that it cited a Florida drywall contractor following a worker’s fatal head injury in July 2023. OSHA cited Homestead-based Stucco Works Inc. after a worker was struck by the hoist arm of a pulley system used to lift buckets of concrete at a residential work site …

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The Oklahoma Supreme Court said Tuesday that an injured worker was improperly denied permanent total disability benefits from the state’s Multiple Injury Trust Fund. The high court reversed a Workers Compensation Commission decision, which affirmed a workers comp judge’s decision to deny the claim by Gary Stricklen, who worked for the Grand River Dam Authority …

Multiple Injury Trust Fund was liable for permanent disability: Court Read More »