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Can You Believe It? Genital Tuberculosis Flare Up didn’t Connect to Work
Can You Believe It? Genital Tuberculosis Flare Up didn’t Connect to Work

Boston, MA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- How to handle preexisting conditions has raised factual and legal questions in workers' compensation from pretty much the beginning. As one case, Green's Case, 165 N.E. 120 (Mass. 1929), which involved […]
Aviation Consultants Say Airport Ramp Employees Remain Caught in Unsafe Work Jungle
Aviation Consultants Say Airport Ramp Employees Remain Caught in Unsafe Work Jungle

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) -- The recent death of two ramp workers being sucked into jet engines comes as no surprise to Ross Aimer, a former airport ramp worker and 747 pilot. “These deaths illustrate the […]
Md. Top Court Holds that Questioning Claimant about Workers’ Comp Bore No Relevancy to Criminal Charges against Defendant
Md. Top Court Holds that Questioning Claimant about Workers’ Comp Bore No Relevancy to Criminal Charges against Defendant

Baltimore, MD (WorkersCompensation.com) -- It's not often that workers' compensation and criminal law come up in the same case, but it's not unheard of, either. For example, in a recent case out of Maryland, Calloway […]
Harlem Worker Dead, Others Injured as Attacks Against Workers Continue
Harlem Worker Dead, Others Injured as Attacks Against Workers Continue

Harlem, NY (WorkersCompensaiton.com) – A 63-year-old grocery store worker was attacked and beaten to death outside of the Harlem store he worked at earlier this month, as attacks on workers across the country continue. Officials […]
Do You Know the Rule? Ariz’s Presumption of Occupational Disease for Firefighters
Do You Know the Rule? Ariz’s Presumption of Occupational Disease for Firefighters

Phoenix, AZ (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Beginning in 2001, the Arizona Legislature made it easier for firefighters (and fire investigators) seeking workers’ compensation to show that their job as a firefighter caused their cancer. Presumption of Occupational […]
Recent Poll Shows Racism in Healthcare is Impacting Care for Black Patients 
Recent Poll Shows Racism in Healthcare is Impacting Care for Black Patients 

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – Racial inequities in healthcare, especially for serious illness, have been well documented. Often reasons such as mistrust, health literacy, and even spirituality and religion have been used to explain these differences.  […]
Workers Threaten to Strike Over Heat as Texas Laws Place Heat Protections on Workers’ Backs
Workers Threaten to Strike Over Heat as Texas Laws Place Heat Protections on Workers’ Backs

Houston, TX (WorkersCompensation.com) – As outdoor workers across the South struggle under a massive and long-lasting heat dome, some postal employees and delivery workers are threatening to strike over working conditions. In Texas, Gov. Gregg […]
Listening: The Key to Effective Case Management
Listening: The Key to Effective Case Management

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) -- To carry on with the theme of Case Management Competencies, I wanted to talk about a skill that can help you be an effective workers compensation case manager. This post will […]

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