Workers' Compensation Daily Headlines

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 […]

Frankfort, KY (WorkersCompensation.com) -- The tragic case of a taxi driver who was shot in the shoulder and paralyzed from the waist down caused the Kentucky Supreme Court to revisit its method of determining independent […]

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Case managers who work with complex/catastrophic patients have two people to 'case manage' the injured worker and the Caregiver. Both have different needs and are handled differently. By working effectively with […]

Minneapolis, MN (WorkersCompensation.com) -- As happens in many legal cases, workers' compensation claims that go through the system of judges and appeals often have two sides to the story. Such was the case in Eull v. […]

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – While telemedicine was available prior to the pandemic, the pandemic certainly ushered in a new acceptance and use of healthcare accomplished virtually. Not only did the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid […]

Des Moines, IA (WorkersCompensation.com) – A new bill under consideration in Iowa would not only allow younger teens to work in dangerous jobs, but exempt businesses from liability if they get hurt.  The bill, Senate […]

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 […]