Showing posts with label compensability. Show all posts
Showing posts with label compensability. Show all posts
Friday, May 30, 2025

COVID-19 Claims: Work-Related?

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In West Virginia, a workers' compensation claim for COVID-19 can be considered compensable even if the disease is common outside of work...
Friday, November 2, 2018

The Evidence Mounts on the Causal Link of Cell Phones and Cancer

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The US National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences [NIH} has just published a final report linking cell phone radiation exposure t...
Monday, March 19, 2018

Judicial Limitations in Workers’ Compensation Cases

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Frequently a workers’ compensation hearing officer divides a litigated matter into two phases, compensability and damages so litigation can...
Saturday, December 16, 2017

Verbal Notice to Supervisor Satisfies Notice Requirement - Unpublished Decision

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A police officer who provided verbal notices to an injury to his supervisor the evening of the accident was held to ratify the notice requi...
Monday, April 14, 2014

Distracted Driving - Time To Revisit Compensability Issues

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The Attorney General of the State of New Jersey reported today that there has been a surge of 26% in reported accidents attributed to ...
Friday, May 31, 2013

CDC Reports Hospital Infections (MRSA) Can be Dramatically Reduced With Soap and Water

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Many injured workers, and other hospital patients, reportedly contract compensable serious hospital infection as a result of poor hygiene. T...
Sunday, February 10, 2013

Silica Linked to a Fatal and Compensable Lung Cancer

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A foundry worker, who was exposed to silica for over 35 years, was held by a NJ Workers' Compensation Judge, to have contracted a fatal ...