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The Virginia Court of Appeals upheld a denial of benefits to a bus driver, finding his claims of injury from a motor vehicle accident were unsupported by the record evidence.
Leon Strom worked as a bus driver for Transdev Services Inc. On Oct. 16, 2020, Strom was pulling out from a bus stop when a car collided with the bus. Surveillance footage from inside and outside the bus depicted Strom and the accident. Both angles showed Strom… Read more »
The West Virginia Supreme Court unanimously upheld a determination that a server was entitled to benefits for her injuries from a fall after she became overheated at work and lost her balance.
Case: Bob Evans Farms Inc. v. Woolford, No. 21-0509, 01/19/2023, published.
Facts: Kimberly Woolford worked as a server for Bob Evans Farms Inc. She… Read more »
A New York appellate court upheld a grant of summary judgment on the issue of liability for a worker’s Labor Law claim based on his injuries from being struck by pieces of a scaffold as it collapsed.
Case: Sangare v. 985 Bruckner Boulevard Housing Development Fund Corp., No. 22146/19E, 01/24/2023, published.
Facts: Aboulaye Sangare allegedly suffered… Read more »News: WEST
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A New York appellate court ruled that a construction worker should have been granted summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for his injuries from a fall from the roof of a building.
Case: Arias v. 139 East 56th Street Landlord LLC, No. 162213/18, 01/24/2023, published.
Facts: William Arias was cutting wooden beams with a chain saw on the roof during the demolition of a… Read more »
The U.S. Department of Labor announced new workplace safety enforcement guidance that it said will make penalties more effective in stopping employers from repeatedly exposing workers to unsafe conditions.
The department said regional administrators and area office directors for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration are now… Read more »The California Division of Workers’ Compensation announced additional changes to the ambulance fee schedule to comport to changes in Medicare’s payment rules.
The DWC on Nov. 18 issued an order adopting Medicare’s calendar year 2023 fee schedule for ambulance services.
On Jan. 9, the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid… Read more »
Oregon lawmakers are set to debate bills that would remove limitations on chiropractic treatments provided to injured workers and require employers to adopt policies allowing workers paid time off to receive medical services for a compensable injury.
House Bill 3150 would give chiropractors full attending… Read more »
One of the best ways to mitigate chronic pain issues in workers’ compensation is to keep people working, industry experts said in a special report by WorkCompCentral.
Authors Dr. Steven Feinberg, Dr. Annua Navani and William Zachry said that quickly determining compensability and communicating the claim status to the worker, providing immediate and… Read more »
This is my angle on workers' comp emergency rooms as initial medical treatment providers. I am not discouraging anyone to not go to an emergency room. What I am covering is minor injury treatment through emergency rooms. Read on to see how I discovered a massive cost-cutting method for workers' comp claims.
I have been admonished over the… Read more »
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