Category: Workers Compensation
Will The New Maine Opiate Control Law Impact the Workers’ Compensation System?
Stories of the horrors of opiate over-prescription and abuse are abundant, and Maine has not been spared the ravages of that epidemic. In response to the growing problem, Governor LePage, in April of this year, signed into law a bill intended to place some limits on the prescription of...
When Pain and Suffering is Anything But
In Massachusetts, as in many states, when an employee is injured in the course of work, but the injury is caused by a third party, the employee is entitled to receive workers' compensation benefits and also seek damages from the third party. For example, employee Ernie is driving the...
Walking Home From Our House Christmas Eve: "Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer" and Work-Related Injuries When Coming and Going from Work
We're all familiar with the holiday tune that recounts Grandma's unfortunate encounter with Santa and his reindeer. She's found the next day with "hoof prints on her forehead/And incriminating Claus marks on her back". Sadly, if Grandma were your employee and the accident happened in a location that can...
Worked to Death in the Keystone State
While we often remind employers that complaints about on-the-job stress could be a reportable event to a workers' compensation carrier, we do not often warn employers not to work their employees "too hard" or "to death." In this case, however, that was exactly the question at issue—did Lower Bucks...
