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Medical Evidence Points to Singular Hand Injury for Del. Worker
Medical Evidence Points to Singular Hand Injury for Del. Worker

Dover, DE (WorkersCompensation.com) -- When there's conflicting medical evidence about an injured worker, including that which comes from the worker himself, which side is a ruling authority supposed to come down on? As a Delaware […]
Maine Hospital Worker Doesn't Establish Tolling on Statute of Limitation Application
Maine Hospital Worker Doesn't Establish Tolling on Statute of Limitation Application

Augusta, ME (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Statutes of limitations can prevent workers' compensation claims from going forward after a certain period of time, but sometimes, circumstances allow that period to be extended. As the recent Maine case Farrell […]
Glossary Check: R.I. Medical Services, Palliative Care
Glossary Check: R.I. Medical Services, Palliative Care

Providence, RI (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Under Rhode Island workers' compensation law, an employer must provide any reasonable medical, surgical, dental, optical, or other attendance or treatment, nurse and hospital service, medicines, crutches, and apparatus for the […]
Do You Know the Rule? Calif. QME Replacements
Do You Know the Rule? Calif. QME Replacements

Sacramento, CA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- When a need arises to replace a qualified medical evaluator in California, how is such a replacement requested?  The following information breaks down the process.    Topics  Requirements  When a replacement […]
NCCI’s Court Case Update, Kentucky – March 2023
NCCI’s Court Case Update, Kentucky – March 2023

NCCI recently published a Court Case Update. For your convenience, the entire article is available below. NCCI’s Court Case Update, Kentucky – March 2023 Oufafa v Taxi, LLC On February 16, 2023, the Supreme Court […]
Deficient Appellate Brief Sinks Mo. Worker's Challenge of Commission Ruling
Deficient Appellate Brief Sinks Mo. Worker's Challenge of Commission Ruling

St. Louis, MO (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Winning a case in court takes a strong legal argument, but it also requires following the rules for filings, briefs, and the like.  As a worker learned in Lewis v. […]
Glossary Check: Fla. Injuries that Qualify as Grievous Bodily Harm of Nature that Shocks Conscience
Glossary Check: Fla. Injuries that Qualify as Grievous Bodily Harm of Nature that Shocks Conscience

Tallahassee, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) -- In some states, including Florida, employment-related posttraumatic stress disorder for first responders and correctional officers is compensable. In the Sunshine State, for purposes of such compensability, the injuries to which a […]
Idaho: Make Sure Remote Workers are Covered
Idaho: Make Sure Remote Workers are Covered

Boise, ID (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Various versions of remote work have gone from "new normal" to "here to stay" over the past several years, but one thing that is still developing is what the implication for […]