by Kelia Scott | Jan 16, 2019 | Workers' Comp News
A federal appeals court upheld the district court’s grant of summary judgement for Employers Preferred Insurance Co., who asked for a judgment on whether Hartford Accident and Indemnity Co. was bound to pay half of a workers’ compensation claim when it was discovered...
by Kelia Scott | Jan 15, 2019 | Workers' Comp News
The United States Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited RKM Utility Services Inc. in Texas for failing to protect workers from hydrogen sulfide after a worker was exposed to dangerous levels of the gas and died working in a...
by Kelia Scott | Jan 14, 2019 | Workers' Comp News
A bill filed in Kentucky’s legislature hopes to change Kentucky’s current workers’ comp law to expand workers’ comp protections for first responders with post-traumatic stress disorder. Currently, first responders only qualify for benefits if they are physically...
by Kelia Scott | Jan 11, 2019 | Workers' Comp News
The California Department of Industrial Relations’ Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) announced that they are updating the Medical Treatment Utilization Schedule Drug List to include drugs addressed in their Traumatic Brain Injury Guideline. The updates are based...
by Kelia Scott | Jan 10, 2019 | Workers' Comp News
The Commonwealth Court affirmed the ruling of a workers’ compensation judge that determined an industrial painter’s injury claim for an injury he suffered working under the Benjamin Franklin Bridge cannot be litigated in Pennsylvania because it happened on the New...
