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Florida: Officer’s Secondary Hypertension as Teen Bars Use of Presumption of Compensability
Posted on 3 Oct 2021 by Thomas A. Robinson

Florida’s special presumption of compensability [see § 112.18, Fla. Stat.], which favors first responders and other law enforcement employees who pass pre-employment physical examinations and then subsequently suffer from cardiac conditions... Read More

Tags: first responder , presumption of compensability , hypertension , Florida workers compensation

National and State-by-State Workers' Comp News Roundup Powered by Larson's (2/4/2013)
Posted on 4 Feb 2013 by LexisNexis Workers' Comp Law Newsroom Staff

Sign up here for our free workers' compensation enewsletters (National or California Edition) to receive weekly news items. Be sure to select the enewsletter of your choice. NATIONAL NEWS: Study Examines Relationship Between Health Care Settings... Read More

Tags: defense base act , football injuries , hospital costs , health care , job bias , hypertension , rehabilitation , Family and Medical Leave Act , mine workers

Green v. City of Los Angeles: Refresh of Apportionment
Posted on 22 May 2014 by Charles Clark

Rejection of the Black Box Approach By Charles Edward Clark, Esq. 1 INTRODUCTION In the years since E.L. Yeager Construction v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd. (Gatten) (2006) 145 Cal.App.4th 922 [ 71 Cal.Comp.Cases 1687 ], apportionment analysis... Read More

Tags: nonindustrial factors , black box , Apportionment , scientific method , permanent disability , California workers compensation , pulmonary interstitial fibrosis , hypertension , preexisting conditions , pathology , causation , burden of proof , industrial factors , degenerative conditions , cumulative trauma injury

Age and Length of Disability for Eight Chronic Conditions
Posted on 27 Apr 2016 by Roger Rabb

Does an aging American workforce mean more time lost due to chronic conditions such as arthritis, cancer, chronic pulmonary disease, coronary artery disease, diabetes, depression, hypertension, and low back pain? It is no secret that the American population... Read More

Tags: depression , age , arthritis , disability , chronic pulmonary disease , chronic , coronary artery disease , low back pain , hypertension , cancer , diabetes

Larson’s Spotlight on Recent Cases: Claimant Not Entitled to Permanent Total Disability Under Odd-Lot Rule
Posted on 27 Jan 2012 by Larson's Spotlight

Larson's Spotlight on Odd-Lot, Statute of Limitations, Agricultural Employer, and Hazard of Employment. Larson's surveys the latest case developments that you need to know about. Thomas A. Robinson, the staff writer for Larson's Workers'... Read More

Tags: odd lot , arose out of employment , statute of limitations , recreational hunting , Permanent Total Disability , corrections officer , Agricultural Employer , hypertension , stair step , hazard of employment

Living (and Dying) in the Stroke Belt and the Implications for Workers’ Compensation
Posted on 4 Aug 2011 by Thomas A. Robinson

By Thomas A. Robinson In the South, we take great pride in a form of perverse magic: we can turn a green vegetable into a stroke. It's pretty simple, really. You take some freshly picked okra, wash it, slice it in half-inch sections, dip the sections... Read More

Tags: obesity , stroke belt , preexisting disease , hypertension , diabetes , stroke

Larson’s Spotlight on Recent Cases: Claimant Not Entitled to Permanent Total Disability Under Odd-Lot Rule
Posted on 27 Jan 2012 by Larson's Spotlight

Larson's Spotlight on Odd-Lot, Statute of Limitations, Agricultural Employer, and Hazard of Employment. Larson's surveys the latest case developments that you need to know about. Thomas A. Robinson, the staff writer for Larson's Workers'... Read More

Tags: odd lot , arose out of employment , statute of limitations , recreational hunting , Permanent Total Disability , corrections officer , Agricultural Employer , hypertension , stair step , hazard of employment

Evaluation of and Differential Diagnosis Considerations for Erectile Dysfunction in Workers’ Compensation Claims
Posted on 18 Feb 2011 by LexisNexis Occupational Injuries & Illnesses S

----------------------------------------------------- IMPORTANT NOTICE ----------------------------------------------------------------- This article was available for free on our site through March 11, 2011. It is available for a fee through the LexisNexis... Read More

Tags: depression , Diabetes Mellitus , Permanent Impairment , obesity , penile disease , Erectile Dysfunction , hypertension , Occupational Injuries And Illnesses , Stephen Levit , workers’ compensation claims