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over 9 years ago
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Kansas: To Bar Recovery, Drug Impairment Must Be Contemporaneous With Onset of Injury or Condition
A Kansas appellate court held that the state’s statutory provision barring workers’ compensation benefits to “impaired” workers, K.S.A. 2010 Supp. 44-501(d)(2), requires the employer to prove the worker was impaired at the time...
Robert G. Rassp, Esq.
over 10 years ago
Workers' Compensation
AMA Guides & Impairment Ratings
Strong Association Exists Between AMA Guides Impairment Ratings and Earnings Losses, But Losses Vary Significantly Across Body Regions
By Robert G. Rassp, Esq. and Robin E. Kobayashi, J.D. A new major study funded by the California Commission on Health and Safety and Workers’ Compensation (CHSWC) focuses on the AMA Guides Fifth Edition in California but has implications for the...