Workers' Compensation Daily Headlines

Columbus, OH (WorkersCompensation.com) -- In Ohio, with a few exceptions, an injured employee is entitled to compensation for the loss sustained because of a physical injury or occupational disease. R.C. 4123.54(A). Ohio has narrowly limited […]

Pine Hills, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – A reporter, Dylans Lyons, who was covering a homicide in Orange County, Fla., was killed and a photographer, Jesse Walden, injured, when the suspect in the shooting returned to the […]

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – According to a new survey from Wolters Kluwer Health, most patients leave a physician’s office and realize they have forgotten to ask certain questions about their healthcare.  Wolters Kluwer Health contracted […]

Chandler, AZ (WorkersCompensation.com) – A weekend conflict between co-workers ended in one person dead, another injured and a third behind bars, police said.  Derrick Lemond Simmons, 50, was arrested Saturday after he attacked his co-workers […]

Des Moines, IA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Just about everything in workers’ compensation law is state-specific, and each state has its own nuances. While there are common threads from state to state, one area that tends to […]

Paducah, KY (WorkersCompensation.com) – Two workers are dead and one is recovering after being shot by customers this week in separate incidents.   In Paducah, Ky., a hotel worker is dead after a couple denied the […]

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – Physicians are already spending around 45 percent of their time on administrative duties. While those duties may reduce their time seeing patients, a recent settlement announcement by the Attorney General in […]

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Certification is an achievement that many case management professionals strive to achieve. On the upside, earning a national certification is a badge of honor; it shows that we are part of […]