by Kelia Scott | Mar 20, 2019 | Workers' Comp News
The circuit court in Illinois referred a case for consideration to the Illinois Supreme Court to decide if a workers’ compensation settlement can be exempt from a bankruptcy petition. Elena Hernandez filed a Chapter 7 bankruptcy petition in December 2016 and hoped to...
by Kelia Scott | Mar 18, 2019 | Workers' Comp News
A bus driver in Kentucky was denied workers’ compensation benefits for an injury sustained during a fight with a passenger, as it was discovered that the driver was the instigator in the fight. Douglas Wayne Trevino worked as a bus driver for Transit Authority of...
by Kelia Scott | Mar 18, 2019 | Workers' Comp News
The State of Ohio Board of Pharmacy released a report that reveals the amount of prescription opioids and doses dispensed to Ohio patients continued to decrease in 2018. This follows a trend of decreases in opioid prescriptions that started in 2012. In 2018 there were...
by Kelia Scott | Mar 13, 2019 | Workers' Comp News
Since December forty-three workers at the University of Montana filed workers’ comp claims for exposure to asbestos. The school closed McGill Hall when they detected unacceptable levels of asbestos in dust in the building. They have since reopened the building after...
by Kelia Scott | Mar 12, 2019 | Workers' Comp News
The New Hampshire Supreme Court ruled that a labor appeals board erred when it determined a workers’ compensation insurer was unable to reimburse an employee for the cost of medical marijuana. The court ruled that under New Hampshire’s medical marijuana law a carrier...
