by Kelia Scott | May 22, 2019 | Workers' Comp News
A study in the British Medical Journal found that patients who receive tramadol after surgery have a higher risk of longer-term use of the drug. Tramadol is classified as a Schedule IV controlled substance, and drugs like oxycodone are Schedule II because of their...
by Kelia Scott | May 20, 2019 | Workers' Comp News
Dollar Tree Stores Inc. was issued one of the biggest fines assessed by the Washington State Department of Labor & Industries for repeat safety violations at their Vancouver, WA store relating to unsafe merchandise storage and handling, unsafe ladder use, and...
by Kelia Scott | May 20, 2019 | Workers' Comp News
An appellate court in Virginia determined that a woman only needed to prove her accident caused a single “sudden mechanical or structural change” to her body in order to collect compensation for any injury that was caused by the initial accident – she did not need to...
by Kelia Scott | May 16, 2019 | Workers' Comp News
Experts in the trucking industry say that the aging workforce of the industry increases the risk of workers’ compensation claims in fleets, even though many are seeing stable or reduced premiums. Chris Mikolay, vice president, national accounts and truck alternative...
by Kelia Scott | May 15, 2019 | Workers' Comp News
The Iowa Supreme Court held that a worker cannot hold a third-party claims administrator liable for failure to pay workers’ comp benefits. In their decision in De Dios v. Indemnity Insurance Co. of North America they said a worker could not pursue a bad-faith cause of...
