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2022 Predictions for Workers' Comp – How'd I do?
2022 Predictions for Workers' Comp – How'd I do?

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 […]
Do You Know the Rule? N.C. Test for Whether Illegitimate Child may Collect WC Benefits
Do You Know the Rule? N.C. Test for Whether Illegitimate Child may Collect WC Benefits

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 […]
Counsel Fee of $123,415 Deemed Excessive by the Appellate Division
Counsel Fee of $123,415 Deemed Excessive by the Appellate Division

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 […]
Case Management Focus: Happy New Year – A Time to Reflect on YOU!
Case Management Focus: Happy New Year – A Time to Reflect on YOU!

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 […]
Crossing Guard who Tripped while Parking Sustained Work-related Injury
Crossing Guard who Tripped while Parking Sustained Work-related Injury

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 […]
New Thinking for the New Year
New Thinking for the New Year

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 […]
What Do You Think: Can Intoxicated Roofer Collect Benefits after Plummeting from Ladder?
What Do You Think: Can Intoxicated Roofer Collect Benefits after Plummeting from Ladder?

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 […]
Lifting 400-lb Woman, Other Heavy Items, Caused Firefighter's Physical Trauma
Lifting 400-lb Woman, Other Heavy Items, Caused Firefighter's Physical Trauma

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 […]