by Kelia Scott | Jul 10, 2019 | Workers' Comp News
The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit determined that the provision in Ohio’s workers’ compensation law which blocks anyone from soliciting in order to represent an employee or employer in a workers’ compensation claim or appeal violated the First...
by Kelia Scott | Jul 10, 2019 | Workers' Comp News
A transit authority manager was working a split-shift and was injured during her unpaid break, and the District of Columbia Court of Appeals determined that her injuries were compensable because they arose out of her employment. Lemakia Gaines was working a swing...
by Kelia Scott | Jul 8, 2019 | Workers' Comp News
The Ford Motor Co. must pay the widow of a delivery driver who died at their Kansas City Assembly Plant for compensatory and aggravating circumstances damages. The Court of Appeals of Missouri, Western District, affirmed a jury award against Ford Motor Co. when they...
by Kelia Scott | Jul 8, 2019 | Workers' Comp News
A Harvard University study titled “Confronting Misclassification and Payroll Fraud: A Survey of State Labor Standards Enforcement Agencies” shows that one of the best methods of discovering misclassification is a state tip line. There has been an increase in...
by Kelia Scott | Jun 24, 2019 | Workers' Comp News
A medical facility in Iowa is experiencing what some call a “crisis” after four employees were injured in a two-week period after violent outbursts from patients at the Independence Mental Health Institute. Prior to these recent attacks a nurse was so severely beaten...
