Workers' Compensation Daily Headlines

Lake Charles, La (WorkersCompensation.com)–Workers can generally circumvent the exclusivity provision of a workers’ compensation act by demonstrating that the employer intentionally injured the employee. But can a series of negligent or reckless acts constitute intent? […]

Waltham, Mass. (WorkersCompensation.com) – A utility employee and a police officer were killed Thursday when a pickup truck driver crashed through their work site, killing them both. According to police reports, two other utility workers […]

Egg Harbor City, NJ (WorkersCompensation.com) -- An employer's failure to carry workers' compensation insurance where its required can lead to many consequences. However, as was the case in Heuman v. Heuman, No. A-1593-21 (N.J. Super. […]

On November 30, 2023, the Appellate Court of Maryland, in Ledford v. Jenway Contracting, Inc., held for the first time that workers compensation (WC) exclusive remedy bars a wrongful death lawsuit brought by an employee's nondependent […]

Minneapolis, MN (WorkersCompensation.com) – A Minneapolis construction company owner was sentenced Monday to two years' probation for lying to his employees about workers’ compensation following an injury. Nelson Israel Lopez Giron, 35, pleaded guilty to […]

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) -- In this post, I wanted to touch on professional conduct during the holidays! As case management professionals, we are held to a higher standard and must be careful when celebrating this […]

Baltimore, MD (WorkersCompensation.com) -- In Maryland, spouses and dependents of employees killed or injured at work are not entitled to sue the company for negligence or wrongful death, with two narrow exceptions. This is known […]

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) -- OxyContin, developed by Purdue Pharma, emerged as a powerful opioid painkiller with a profound influence on the workers' compensation system. Initially seen as a revolutionary approach to pain management, this drug […]