by admin | Oct 29, 2018 | Legal Concerns & Advocacy
The Massachusetts Division of Insurance has rejected a proposal to raise the cost of workers’ compensation coverage by 18.8 percent. Had the rate change taken place, it would have cost Massachusetts businesses an estimated $175 million. By law, Massachusetts...
by admin | Oct 29, 2018 | Workers’ Compensation, Workers’ Compensation A-Z
In Massachusetts, a worker who is injured or becomes ill as a result of employment may be entitled to Massachusetts workers’ compensation benefits. An eligible worker may receive benefits that cover treatment of the injury or illness as well as total or partial wage...
by admin | Oct 29, 2018 | Legal Concerns & Advocacy
The 63-year-old owner of a roofing and siding business in Nantucket, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty recently to five counts of workers’ compensation fraud, according to a report by the Insurance Journal. He was sentenced in Suffolk County Superior Court to two years of...
by admin | Oct 29, 2018 | Workers’ Compensation
Back injuries are common in worker’s compensation cases in Massachusetts and elsewhere. Often people have pre-existing back conditions. Even people with minimal back pain may have degenerative conditions. What happens if that pre-existing injury is aggravated by a...
by admin | Oct 29, 2018 | Legal Concerns & Advocacy, Workers’ Compensation
A business owner with an eye on the bottom line may attempt to pass along the costs of doing business to either customers or employees. Customers won’t appreciate higher costs, however, and in the current economy, a business owner may feel safer passing business...
by admin | Oct 29, 2018 | Workers’ Compensation
Insurers and employers around the United States are attempting to hold the line against paying injured workers’ expenses for medical marijuana, even in states where medical marijuana is legal. They argue that they should not be required to pay for a substance that is...
by admin | Oct 26, 2018 | Workers’ Compensation
According to research that was recently conducted by Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Workers Compensation Research Institute (“WCRI”), whether a worker fears losing his or her job following a workplace injury has a dramatic effect on both the employee’s outcome and an...
by admin | Oct 26, 2018 | Workers’ Compensation
A Massachusetts employee who seeks to recover benefits for the aggravation of a pre-existing condition must establish that a workplace accident was a major cause of his or her injury. In Aleman v. City of Boston, a worker with a history of back injuries hurt his...
by admin | Oct 26, 2018 | Workers’ Compensation
Overseeing jails and prisons can be mentally and physically difficult. Unfortunately, corrections officers in Massachusetts and elsewhere may be exposed to dangerous working conditions on a daily basis. In Marchand v. Department of Correction, a Massachusetts...
by admin | Oct 26, 2018 | Workers’ Compensation
An administrative judge is required to state how an injured worker’s earning capacity was determined when making a workers’ compensation award. In Miranda v. Huntington Hotel Corp., a hotel housekeeper hurt her back while lifting a bag of trash. As a result of her...