Work Comp Basics

Kansas City Chiefs Win Big Workers’ Compensation Ruling

April 16, 2013

A federal judge has upheld a 2012 ruling that stated any Kansas City Chiefs football player that wanted to file for workers’ compensation benefits needed to file in the state of Missouri. Workers’ compensation claims from former NFL players has been a hot button topic of late, and the majority of the talks have centered [...]

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Paid Sick Leave May Lower Workers’ Compensation Claims

April 15, 2013

A new study published in the American Journal of Public Health found that employees who have the ability to take paid sick leave were 28 percent less likely to be injured on the job than people who can’t take paid sick leave. The study, conducted by researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, [...]

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Appeals Panel Cites Exception in Workers’ Compensation Reversal

April 9, 2013

A Tennessee Workers’ Compensation Appeals Panel recently ruled that an on-call employee was an exception to the “coming and going rule”, meaning that the employee was eligible to receive workers’ compensation benefits. The case began when Tina Shannon was injured in a motor vehicle accident on her way home from work.  Shannon served as a [...]

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MMA Fighter Pleads Guilty to Workers’ Compensation Fraud

April 8, 2013

A Canadian man who fought in mixed martial arts matches while collecting workers’ compensation payments will be forced to pay back the money he received over the next five years. Shaun Pauliuk, 35, pled guilty last week to defrauding the Workers’ Compensation Board of over $20,000. Pauliuk initially filed the workers’ compensation claim in October [...]

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Volunteer Not Eligible For Workers’ Compensation

March 19, 2013

A New Jersey woman who volunteered at a local thrift store recently had her workers’ compensation claim denied because a judge ruled that she was not considered an employee under the scope of the law. Vasiliki Rallatos, who routinely shopped at the local thrift store, said she decided to submit a volunteer application after she [...]

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Teacher Injured While Playing Baseball with Students Loses Work Comp Suit

March 13, 2013

A workers’ compensation claim by a Canadian teacher who was injured while playing baseball with students during a lunch break was denied by the court. The Worker’s Compensation Appeal Tribunal rejected the claim of a teacher who injured his wrist while playing baseball with high school students, saying the game did not arise out of [...]

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Wisconsin Police Officer Injured Doing Pushups Wins Work Comp Claim

March 7, 2013

A police sergeant in Appleton, Wisconsin won a four-year legal battle that began in 2008 when he tore his rotator cuff while doing pushups in his basement. Mike Nofzinger’s legal battle began shortly after he attempted his 12th pushup on his carpeted basement floor.  Nofzinger was preparing for a police fitness test that rewards officers [...]

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Worker Who Switched Shifts Has Compensation Claim Overturned

February 27, 2013

A California man who was originally awarded workers’ compensation benefits for an injury he sustained during his drive to work has since had the ruling overturned by the Court of Appeals of California. Background Robert Decourcey Jr. worked as a corrections officer for the California Department of Corrections.  The inmates he oversaw could not be [...]

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