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Companies attempting to manage workers' compensation expenses often express frustration over injury claims made by employees weeks or even months after the alleged incident occurred. In some situations, such as those...more
California is home to a large and diverse agricultural industry where farm workers play a crucial role in the state's economy. However, the physical demands and hazardous conditions can often make farm work dangerous....more
Workers whose jobs involved exposure to asbestos – including boilermakers, boiler workers, carpenters, factory workers, laborers, pipe coverers, and pipefitters – may be in danger of developing mesothelioma, asbestos lung...more
1. The Delaware Supreme Court affirmed an Industrial Accident Board decision that concluded that a COVID-19 workplace exposure at a poultry processing plant did not qualify as a compensable occupational disease. Fowler v....more
1. As the employer/carrier was not able to overcome presumption, a firefighter’s COVID-19, requiring heart transplant, was found to be work-related. Seminole County, Florida and Johns Eastern Company, Inc. v. Chad Braden,...more
Big New York WC Decision drop today. This week we learn the answers to these questions: Can you catch COVID from working with dead bodies? Is burnout from working at home compensable?...more
From the 3rd Dept on Thursday 11/7/24, there were some relatively good decisions for the defense. Learn more in the blurbs below. In Herrera v. American Badge, a COVID claim was disallowed....more
Jerry Mercer v. Active Radiator MPN, Inc. (WCAB); No. 1326 C.D. 2023; filed June 3, 2024; Judge Fizzano Cannon - On August 24, 2018, the claimant advised the employer that he had sustained a work-related injury due to lead...more