Workers' Compensation Daily Headlines

San Diego, CA (WorkersCompensation.com) – As attacks on flight attendants decline, the fall-out from last year’s explosion of unruly passengers continues to play out.    This week, a California woman was sentenced to 15 months in […]

Atlanta, GA (WorkersCompensation.com) – A restaurant worker is dead after a customer got upset over the amount of mayonnaise on his sandwich.    Police in Atlanta reported that two Subway restaurant employees were shot on Sunday. […]

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – While a recent bill, Safety From Violence for Healthcare Employees (SAVE) Act, has been introduced to protect healthcare workers from workplace violence, more work may need to be done to support […]

Monroe, NC (WorkersCompensation.com)–An employer who asserts that a workplace injury arose out of a chronic condition, rather than the worker’s job, better be ready to make its case.  In Stewart v. Goulston Technologies, Inc., No. […]

Chicago, IL (WorkersCompensation.com) – Respecting the Americans with Disabilities Act does not mean ignoring the standards of a professional workplace. For example, in Schneider v. Harmon Solutions Group LLC, No. 21-2813 (7th Cir. 06/23/22, unpublished), […]

Indianapolis, IN (WorkersCompensation.com) – An employer does not have to change a job’s essential functions to accommodate an employee with a disability.  As a former firefighter’s lawsuit against his fire department illustrates, regular attendance is […]

Dover, DE (WorkersCompensation.com) – A big question that comes up with pain treatment, particularly treatment involving opioids, is how long a worker needs to be treated. That’s what Delaware’s top court had to decide in […]

Baltimore, MD (WorkersCompensation.com) – Out-of-state scammers took advantage of a loophole to steal more than $300,000 from the Baltimore workers’ compensation system’s bank account, investigators said in a report issued Wednesday. For more than a […]