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 […]

I know – who woulda believed it? Nothing like an end-of-the-year deadline and a looming change of power in the House of Representatives to motivate elected officials. Here are the big items and what it […]

In the darkness of a deep December night, he sat bolt upright in bed, startled by a disturbing dream. In it, he saw sunflowers against an azure sky, weary children with innocent eyes, tearful embraces, […]

Chattanooga, TN (WorkersCompensation.com) – It’s generally understood that eating chicken soup is not a viable replacement for emergency medical intervention when one is on the brink of heart failure. Still, according to the children of […]

While workers’ comp payers invest considerable resources to manage and settle claims, they don’t always prepare Medicare-eligible injured workers for life after settlement. These patients have usually been in the workers’ comp system for several […]

Allentown, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) –- In Pennsylvania, an employee who is injured on his way to receive medical treatment for a work-related injury may be entitled to workers’ compensation benefits.   But what if the employee is […]

Leave it to some misguided folks in the California legislature to come up with solutions to non-problems, solutions that will do more harm than good. That’s just what AB1127 does…shortening the time period for employers […]

Phoenix, AZ (WorkersCompensation.com) – When an employee who asks for time off because of a mental health or medical condition doesn’t mention FMLA, the employer should ask questions to see if FMLA might apply. The […]