by Kelia Scott | Aug 5, 2019 | Workers' Comp News
A widow in Maryland filed for death benefits after her husband died from an illness which was allegedly an occupational disease. Prior to his death he had received workers’ compensation benefits in the form of a settlement and a Medicare Set Aside annuity. Prior to...
by Kelia Scott | Aug 1, 2019 | Workers' Comp News
The Workers’ Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) found that in 27 states they studied, fewer injured workers received opioids in recent years compared with previous years. That doesn’t mean injured workers’ are not still being treated for pain, as non-opioid pain...
by Kelia Scott | Jul 31, 2019 | Workers' Comp News
The United States Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited a company in Ohio for exposing their employees to multiply safety and health hazards at their production plant. Fuyao Glass America Inc. is an automotive glass...
by Kelia Scott | Jul 31, 2019 | Workers' Comp News
The National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) released a brief on the relationship between workers’ comp and autonomous vehicles. The brief is called ‘Braking’ New Ground and looks at how features like advanced vehicle safety in these autonomous vehicles might...
by Kelia Scott | Jul 30, 2019 | Workers' Comp News
An apartment management company is liable for the workers’ compensation benefits due to a worker who was employed by a contractor of the management company in Kansas. A three-judge panel of the appellate court upheld a Kansas Workers’ Comp Appeals Board ruling that...
