Proving I never learn, we return to score how I did on my 2022 predictions for workers’ comp… a sneak peek inside Health Strategy Associates’ intergalactic HQ as the analytical team finalizes its prediction algorithm today […]

Charlotte, NC (WorkersCompensation.com) -- It is not only injured employees who can recover worker’s compensation benefits. If an employee dies from his injury, his dependents may be able to recover benefits as well.  In North […]

The NJ Appellate Court reversed and remanded a claim where the Judge of Compensation awarded a counsel fee to the claimant’s attorney $123,415. The reviewing tribunal deemed the fees based on a permanency award, a […]

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) -- It’s a New Year ... What’s on your list for self-improvement as we enter 2023? The new year gives us time to see where we are and what changes we want […]

Western Springs, IL (WorkersCompensation.com) – In Illinois, the “parking lot exception” allows employees to collect worker’s compensation benefits even if the injury occurs while the employee is walking to work. As one case shows, the […]

Save money OR improve care; or is it improve care AND save money? The more I learn about workers’ compensation methodology the more apparent it has become to me that a mindset shift on patient […]

Anchorage, AK (WorkersCompensation.com) – Workers generally cannot obtain benefits when their intoxication caused the accident that injured them. But does that mean a worker with significant intoxicants in his blood at the time of the […]

Blufton, SC (WorkersCompensation.com) – In South Carolina, an employee can obtain worker’s compensation benefits when an injury results from the cumulative effects of repetitive events that traumatized the body. The firefighter in Thompson v. Bluffton […]