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SCOTUS Knocks Down Bankruptcy Plan that Kept Sacklers from Being Sued for OxyContin Deaths
SCOTUS Knocks Down Bankruptcy Plan that Kept Sacklers from Being Sued for OxyContin Deaths

Washington, DC (WorkersCompensation.com) -- For more than two decades the opioid crisis has claimed the lives of hundreds of thousands of people, among them some 247,000 died from prescription-opioid overdoses. The names Sackler and Purdue […]
Do You Know the Rule? Wash. Occupational Therapy
Do You Know the Rule? Wash. Occupational Therapy

Seattle, WA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- When it comes to occupational therapy that is part of a worker's return-to-work efforts must conform to certain rules in the State of Washington. Here's a look at those rules. Reimbursement […]
Glossary Check: Ill. ‘Private Self Insurer,’ ‘Insolvent Self Insurer’
Glossary Check: Ill. ‘Private Self Insurer,’ ‘Insolvent Self Insurer’

Springfield, IL (WorkersCompensation.com) -- What do "private self insurer" and "insolvent self insurer" mean in Illinois? Here's how the Land of Lincoln defines those terms: Private self-insurer. A private employer that has been authorized to […]
Do You Know the Rule? Wash. Physical Therapy
Do You Know the Rule? Wash. Physical Therapy

Seattle, WA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- In the Evergreen State, physical therapy treatment will be reimbursed only when ordered by the worker's attending doctor and rendered by a licensed physical therapist, a physical therapist assistant serving under […]
What Makes a Disease Compensable in Delaware?
What Makes a Disease Compensable in Delaware?

Wilmington, DE (WorkersCompensation.com) -- If you read our summary of Fowler v. Perdue Inc., No. 412, 2023 (Del. 06/24/24), you learned that the Delaware Supreme Court found a worker's case of COVID-19 didn't entitle him […]
Perdue Worker Doesn’t Establish that COVID-19 was ‘Natural to’ Work Environment
Perdue Worker Doesn’t Establish that COVID-19 was ‘Natural to’ Work Environment

Dover, DE (WorkersCompensation.com) -- People whose jobs required them to be onsite during the worst of the COVID-19 surely faced a greater risk of contracting SARS-CoV-2 than their work-from-home counterparts, but does that mean that […]
HR Homeroom: Kansas Employers’ Responsibilities for Injuries
HR Homeroom: Kansas Employers’ Responsibilities for Injuries

Topeka, KS (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Kansas requires employers to share the information found in Form K-WC 27-A, which subscribers of Simply Research have access to. The form instructs employees on what to do in case of […]
Glossary Check: Mass. ‘VR’
Glossary Check: Mass. ‘VR’

Boston, MA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Not long ago, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts released guidance for injured workers on vocational rehabilitation. Simply Research subscribers got ahold of it, but here's a breakdown on what VR is in […]