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What are the Basics on Simply Research?
What are the Basics on Simply Research?

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Could Golfing Ironworker get PPD Benefits Despite Narrow Job Search?
Could Golfing Ironworker get PPD Benefits Despite Narrow Job Search?

What Do You Think? Chicago, IL (WorkersCompensation.com) -- The “odd-lot” theory allows claimants to obtain permanent total disability benefits where they cannot find work, despite diligently searching. But what if the employee, while not working, […]
Idaho High Court Points to Worker’s Obesity for Back Problems
Idaho High Court Points to Worker’s Obesity for Back Problems

Case File While Idaho's workers' compensation commission might have gone too far in assessing a worker's credibility, its decision regarding his injury withstood scrutiny by the state's top court. Simply Research subscribers can find the […]
Who’s on the P&T Committe in Ohio?
Who’s on the P&T Committe in Ohio?

Columbus, OH (WorkersCompensation.com) -- In Ohio, the bureau of workers' compensation pharmacy and therapeutics committee was created to advise the administrator, the chief of medical services, and the chief medical officer with regard to medication […]
Surviving Spouse Can’t Secure Permanency Benefits on Worker’s ‘Permanent’ Eye Injury
Surviving Spouse Can’t Secure Permanency Benefits on Worker’s ‘Permanent’ Eye Injury

Case File A worker died with "permanent" loss of vision related to a fall on the job, but that didn't entitle his surviving spouse to permanency benefits because there was no finding of maximum medical […]
Preexisting Injuries Pose No Problem for W.Va. Mechanic’s Claim
Preexisting Injuries Pose No Problem for W.Va. Mechanic’s Claim

Case File The West Virgina top court upheld an Office of Judges' decision that found in a worker's favor on the basis that the employer didn't connect the dots between an alleged preexisting condition and […]
Could Home Improvement Company Employee Cut by Saw in N.H. Seek Vt. Benefits?
Could Home Improvement Company Employee Cut by Saw in N.H. Seek Vt. Benefits?

Bellows Falls, VT (WorkersCompensation.com) – Whether an employer’s workers’ compensation coverage applies when an employee is injured in another state depends on the state’s WCA–and how courts decide to interpret it. A case involving a […]
Could Staffing Agency Employee Sue Food Processing Company Where She Slipped?
Could Staffing Agency Employee Sue Food Processing Company Where She Slipped?

What Do You Think? Goshen, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) – Staffing agencies send employees out to work at a host of other company’s facilities. Do those employees become employees of the other companies for purposes of workers’ […]