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Claim for Psychiatric Injury as Compensable Consequence of Chronic Hepatitis Not Precluded by Compromise and Release: Cal. Comp. Cases July Advanced Postings (6/22/2016)
Posted on 23 Jun 2016 by California Compensation Cases Staff

Here’s the latest batch of advanced postings for the July 2016 issue of Cal. Comp. Cases. Lexis.com and Lexis Advance subscribers can link to the case to read the complete headnotes and summaries. © Copyright 2016 LexisNexis. All rights... Read More

Tags: medical treatment , contribution , hepatitis , Psychiatric Injuries , liens , compromise and release , California workers compensation , utilization review , Settlement , cumulative trauma injury

Larson’s Spotlight on Recent Cases: Idiopathic Fall From Bridge Arose From Employment
Posted on 29 Mar 2013 by Larson's Spotlight

Larson's Spotlight on Idiopathic Fall, Hepatitis, Slip and Fall, and Heart Attack. Larson's surveys the latest case developments that you need to know about. Thomas A. Robinson, the staff writer for Larson's Workers' Compensation Law ... Read More

Tags: idiopathic fall , workers compensation law , hepatitis , slip and fall , Workers compensation , heart attack

Employers/Insurers Who Treat Ebola as Occupational Disease Do So at Their Peril
Posted on 23 Oct 2014 by Thomas A. Robinson

Workers in any profession can show a work connection to ebola and need not prove that ebola is a risk peculiar to their job Thomas A. Robinson, J.D., the Feature National Columnist for the LexisNexis Workers’ Compensation eNewsletter , is a leading... Read More

Tags: valley fever , mumps , Amoebic dysentery , ebola , hepatitis , causal connection , tuberculosis , flesh-eating bacteria , typhus , occupational disease , herpes , Meningococcal Sepsis , Workers compensation , Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever , mosquito bite , Accidental Injury , peculiar risk , polio