An insurance claims adjuster, traveling to assess hurricane damage, was found drunk and intoxicated on the beach. He says because he was a traveling employee, he deserves workers’ comp benefits for his injuries. Traveling employees are often eligible for workers’ comp in situations in which other employees usually aren’t (more about that later). But that …
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Stoned Worker Seeks Workers Comp After Injury
A worker used an acetylene torch to cut off the top of a barrel which exploded, injuring him. When receiving medical treatment, the worker tested positive for pot. Now he wants workers’ comp. Will he get it? Employee Greg Prock was asked by his supervisor at Bull Shoals Landing to cut off the tops of …
Pepper-spraying campus cop gets $38K workers’ comp payment
The case of the campus cop who pepper sprayed a group of protesting students provides an interesting window into the world of workers’ comp and psychiatric injuries in California. Few will soon forget the video of former Lt. John Pike of the University of California, Davis police force. On Nov. 18, 2011, activists were seated …
2 strange comp cases: Caught on Facebook and Height of Hypocrisy
What happens in Arizona doesn’t stay in Arizona when you post it on your Facebook page. And in a another case, it’s apparently “do as I say, not as I do,” when it comes to workers’ comp cases. First, the case of Michael Mallory, formerly of Ohio. While working in the Buckeye state, Mallory was …
Waitress injured in bar fight tries to get worker’s comp, but story seems fishy…
Injuries from assaults at work don’t automatically qualify for workers’ comp benefits. In this case, the owner of a bar said the injuries a waitress received in a fight shouldn’t qualify. Melissa Crutcher worked as a waitress and cook at the New Direction Bar and Grill in Kentucky. She applied for workers’ comp benefits, alleging …
The True Cost Of A Work Related Injury
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Employee witnesses a death: Is his PTSD covered by workers’ comp?
A truck driver witnessed a fatal crash on the job. Should workers’ comp cover his treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)? Shaun Armstrong was driving a one-ton dump truck for the John R. Jurgensen Co. While stopped at a yield sign on an access ramp to I-70 in Ohio, a vehicle crashed into the back …
Nebraska Supreme Court Says Illegal Immigrant Who Lives In Mexico Is Entitled To Workers Comp
State courts have taken up the issue of whether undocumented immigrants can receive workers’ comp benefits. For the most part, courts have answered that question, “Yes.” But, there are all sorts of specific situations in these cases that courts are still looking at, including, what if the worker leaves the U.S.? Odilon Visoso, an undocumented …
U.S. Department of Labor’s OSHA cites Knobel’s Refrigeration Inc. of North Platte, Neb., for worksite safety violations
OMAHA, Neb. — The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Knobel’s Refrigeration Inc. of North Platte, Neb., for alleged violations of the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Act.OSHA cited the company following an investigation into an accident in North Platte, where an employee fell about 12 feet to the …