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Injured workers must be protected

March 25, 2016 - José Valerio was earning a decent wage in New York City working as a welder for 10 years before an accident in 2014 left him with severe third-degree burns to his hand. The injury later developed into Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD), causing...

Oklahoma Commission Declares Workers’ Comp Alternative Unconstitutional

An Oklahoma law that lets employers opt out of state-regulated workers' compensation has been rejected and declared unconstitutional by state regulators. The Oklahoma Workers' Compensation Commission called the alternative workplace-benefit plans that some employers...

New Hope For Those With Meniscus Injuries

New Hope For Those With Meniscus Injuries

For the first time in the U.S., surgeons at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center have implanted a plastic device designed to help patients with persistent knee pain due to injured or deteriorating meniscus cartilage. The meniscus is a fibrocartilage pad...

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The Demolition of Workers’ Compensation

The Demolition of Workers’ Compensation

Very interesting article that was discussed on NPR in detail recently. - Kate Kirsch Esq. Dennis Whedbee’s crew was rushing to prepare an oil well for pumping on the Sweet Grass Woman lease site, a speck of dusty plains rich with crude in Mandaree, North Dakota. It...

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