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Can Ineffective Assistance of Counsel Apply in Pennsylvania?
Can Ineffective Assistance of Counsel Apply in Pennsylvania?

Philadelphia, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- The term "ineffective assistance of counsel" most often refers to criminal defendants' Constitutional rights and what arguments they have at their disposal following a less-than-desirable outcome in the guilty-or-not phase of […]
What Do ‘Injury’ and ‘Occupational Disease’ Mean in Kentucky?
What Do ‘Injury’ and ‘Occupational Disease’ Mean in Kentucky?

Glossary Check Elizabethtown, KY (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Let's say you find yourself in the Bluegrass State and someone needs to know, for workers' compensation purposes, what an injury is and what an occupational disease is. If […]
What Must be in a California Petition for Reconsideration?
What Must be in a California Petition for Reconsideration?

Compliance Corner Sacramento, CA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Under California law, anyone aggrieved directly or indirectly by any final order, decision, or award made and filed by the appeals board or a workers' compensation judge may petition […]
Pa. Top Court Justice Argues to Overturn IRE Precedent
Pa. Top Court Justice Argues to Overturn IRE Precedent

Powered by Simply Research Philadelphia, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- A recent case from the Pennsylvania Supreme Court considered a question regarding how physicians should come to impairment rating evaluations. Writing an "opinion in support of reversal," […]
North Dakota State Workers’ Compensation Contact Information
North Dakota State Workers’ Compensation Contact Information

State Offices Appeal - Decision Review Office1611 E. Century Avenue, Suite 402 Bismarck 58503-0780Phone: 701-328-9900Fax: 701-328-9911Email: wsidro@nd.gov Appeal - Decision Review Office - Toll Free Phone: 800-701-4932Fax:Email: Communications Phone: 701-328-5931Fax:Email: Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Director […]
Delaware State Workers’ Compensation Contact Information
Delaware State Workers’ Compensation Contact Information

State Offices Department of Insurance Commissioner Trinidad Navarro Phone: 302-674-7305Fax:Email: Disability Determination Services - New Castle Phone: 302-324-7600Fax:Email: Division of Employment & Training - Dover Phone: 302-739-5473Fax:Email: Division of Employment & Training - Georgetown Phone: […]
Was Churchill Downs Jockey an ‘Employee’ under Kentucky Law?
Was Churchill Downs Jockey an ‘Employee’ under Kentucky Law?

What Do You Think? Louisville, KY (WorkersCompensation.com) -- From time to time at the News Desk, we find ourselves going down a long backstretch of workers' compensation research, and such was the case this week […]
Time Limitations on Workers’ Compensation Claims in Iowa
Time Limitations on Workers’ Compensation Claims in Iowa

Compliance Corner Des Moines, IA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- It's a basic concept, but when a worker gets hurt on the job, the clock starts to tick on her claim. As can be found on Simply Research, […]