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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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Are All MN Businesses Required to Have Work Comp Insurance?

March 22, 2013

Guest Blog by Andrew Hunstad of Thompson Hall Santi Cerny & Dooley. Prior to its 1983 amendment, the Workers Compensation Act generally favored the injured employee.  An injured party’s common-law rights were retained unless the Act clearly modified those rights.  In 1983, the Act was amended to be applied on an “even-handed basis”, which ensured neither [...]

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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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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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Workers’ Compensation Going to the Dogs

February 19, 2013

They say a dog is a man’s best friend, but that isn’t always the case.  Every so often we here about a strange workers’ compensation case that involves our furry friends, so we decided to share some of the stories that have grabbed national headlines over the years. Home-Based Worker Trips over Dog An odd [...]

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The 10 Most Dangerous Jobs in America

February 5, 2013

Workers’ compensation payments cost companies nearly $100 billion in 2011, but there are some industries that are inherently more dangerous than others.  Employees who work with heavy equipment or are tasked with intense manual labor often suffer workplace injuries, but which industry is the most dangerous?  Below we look at the 10 most dangerous jobs [...]

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