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Massachusetts Appellate Court explains that a Medical End Result does not Mean a Denial of Medical Reimbursements for Continued Treatment
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Massachusetts Appellate Court Upholds Finding of Permanent and Total Disability in Severe Work Injury Case
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Massachusetts Appellate Court Upholds Workers’ Compensation Benefits Award for Car Accident Victim based on Traveling Employee Doctrine
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Massachusetts Appellate Court Discusses Average Weekly Wage Calculations for Seasonal Employees
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Massachusetts Appellate Court Affirms Award of Medical Expenses Reimbursement, Rejects Insurer’s Causation Defense
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Massachusetts Appellate Court Discusses Causation Standard in Work Injury Cases Involving Pre-Existing Conditions
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Massachusetts Appellate Court Reverses Denial of Coverage for Continued Medical Treatment in Left Shoulder Injury Case
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Massachusetts Appellate Court Issues Ruling in Injured Lineman Worker Case
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Massachusetts Appellate Court Discusses Average Weekly Wage Calculation in Work Injury Claim
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Massachusetts Appellate Court Affirms Award to Employee who Suffered Disfigurement Injury at Work
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Massachusetts Appellate Court Reverses Award of Benefits to Determine whether Employee Failed to Provide Timely Notice of Injury
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Massachusetts Appellate Court Reverses Award of Benefits on Basis that Lower Court Failed to Apply the Right Standard of Causation to a Pre-Existing Back Injury
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Massachusetts Appellate Court Reverses Cancellation of Benefits in Pre-Existing Lower Back Injury Case
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Massachusetts Appellate Court Remands Workers Compensation Case Based on Judge’s Inconsistent Findings and Other Errors
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Massachusetts Appellate Court Affirms Decision in Workers’ Compensation Benefits Case Involving Surveillance Footage of Injured Worker
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Massachusetts Appellate Court Upholds Award of Benefits to Truck Driver who Suffered Traumatic Brain Injury at Work
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Massachusetts Court of Appeal Upholds Award of Benefits to a Nurse who Suffered Total Incapacitation while Assisting Patient
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Massachusetts Appellate Court Reverses Lower Court’s Improper Calculation of Injured Art Teacher’s Earning Capacity Following Serious Injury
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Massachusetts Appellate Court Upholds Award of Benefits to In-Home Care Provider Finding Formal Employee-Employer Relationship
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Massachusetts Appellate Court Upholds Award of Permanent and Total Incapacity Benefits After Occupational Therapy Accident
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Massachusetts Appellate Court Discusses Work Injury Claim Involving Traveling Employee
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Massachusetts Appellate Court Discusses Claim where Employee was Injured on the Way Home from Work
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Massachusetts Appellate Court Orders Lower Court to Award Reasonable and Necessary Medical Expenses Reimbursement for Shoulder Injury
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Massachusetts Appellate Court Remands Award of Reasonable and Necessary Medical Expenses Based on Lower Court’s Lack of Specificity in Ruling
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Massachusetts Appellate Court Reverses Decision and Remands Case for Reassignment Upon Finding of Judicial Impartiality
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Massachusetts Appellate Court Upholds Award of Benefits to Nurse in Back Injury Claim
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Massachusetts Appellate Court Vacates Award of Benefits to Injured Construction Worker for Improper Vocational Analysis
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Massachusetts Appellate Court Upholds Award of Benefits and Medical Expenses Reimbursements to Injured Patrolman over Insurer’s Objections
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Massachusetts Appellate Court Reverses Denial of Psychiatric Benefits Based on Lower Court’s Failure to Consider Social Worker’s Reports
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Massachusetts Court Awards Injured Worker Maximum Penalties Against Insurer for Failure to Reimburse Medical Prescription Expenses
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Massachusetts Court Concludes Lower Court Erred in Relying on Surveillance Video to Determine that an Injured Worker’s Disability Resolved
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Massachusetts Appellate Court Reverses Award of Benefits Due to Lower Court’s Failure to Address Every Issues Raised at Hearing
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Massachusetts Court Issues Opinion Declaring that Medical Marijuana Treatments are Not Available in a Workers’ Compensation Claim
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Massachusetts Appeals Court Upholds Denial of Insurer’s Attempt to Modify or Discontinue Injured Worker’s Benefits
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Massachusetts Appellate Court Remands Award of Permanent and Total Incapacity Benefits Based on Judge’s Failure to Cite Evidentiary Support in his Opinion
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Mass. Appellate Court Upholds Denial of Extended Benefits Based on Finding that the Claimant Misrepresented the Scope and Severity of his Symptoms
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Mass. Appellate Court Reverses Denial of Psychiatric Injury Benefits Due to Confusion about Supporting Medical Evidence Submission
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Mass. Appellate Court Upholds Dismissal of Employer’s Complaint Seeking Discontinuation of Worker’s Benefits in Toxic Exposure Disability Claim
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Massachusetts Appellate Court Issues Opinion Regarding Medical Expert Evidence Adoption in Toxic Mold Exposure Case
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Massachusetts Appellate Court Issues Opinion Discussing Proper Rules for Calculating an Injured Worker’s Average Weekly Wages
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Massachusetts Court Reverses Order Denying Benefits Based on Judge’s Impermissible Findings Regarding Liability and Injured Worker Credibility
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Massachusetts Court Reverses Order Awarding Benefits Based in Part on Lower Court’s Improper Reliance on Dated Medical Reports
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Massachusetts Appellate Court Upholds Award of Benefits in Multiple Injury Workers’ Compensation Claim Involving Psychiatric Injury
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Massachusetts Court Reverses Award of Benefits Based on Lower Court’s Inconsistent Interpretation of Medical Reports
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Massachusetts Appellate Court Upholds Finding that Injured Employee is Incapable of Performing Sedentary Work over Employer’s Objection that Judge was Biased
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Massachusetts Appellate Court Explains the Difference Between Compensable Injuries and Wear and Tear Injuries in Factory Worker Injury Claim
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Massachusetts Appellate Court Reverses Finding that Injured Worker Was Not Entitled to Compensation for Continued Medical Treatment
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Massachusetts Appellate Court Explains Rules Regarding Impact of Independent Medical Examination Reports on Evidentiary Findings
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Massachusetts Appellate Court Remands Case for Further Proceedings After Issue Regarding Whether Employee Provided Sufficient Notice of Injury Arose
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Massachusetts Appellate Court Affirms Rejection of Serious and Willful Conduct Defense in Truck Accident Work Injury Claim
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Massachusetts Appellate Court Upholds Award of Total Incapacity Benefits in Bilateral Carpal Tunnel Injury Claim
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Massachusetts Appellate Court Reverses Termination of Benefits for Worker Injured in Car Crash Based on Lack of Factual Findings in the Record
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Mass. Appellate Court Remands Order Awarding Benefits for Further Analysis Regarding Injured Employee’s Work Capacity Due to Lower Court’s Improper Determination
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Massachusetts Appellate Court Upholds Award of Benefits for Injured Nurse but Denies Payment of Benefits for Existing Injury Based on Employee’s Failure to Timely Raise the Issue
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Massachusetts Appellate Court Upholds Decision Denying Injured Worker Compensation for Medical Treatment Related to a Spinal Injury
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Massachusetts Appellate Court Reverses Dismissal of Claim for Work Injury Benefits Based on Statute of Limitations Application
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Massachusetts Appellate Court Discusses Applicability of Statute of Limitations in Work-Related Neck Injury Case
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Massachusetts Appellate Court Upholds Award of Benefits to Injured Worker for Physical and Psychiatric Injuries
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Massachusetts Appellate Court Considers Workers’ Compensation Claim Involving Multiple Insurers and Dispute Regarding Coverage for Nursing Fall Injury
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Massachusetts Appellate Court Denies Insurer’s Request to Discontinue or Modify Award of Disability Benefits in Work-Related Car Accident Case
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Massachusetts Appellate Court Upholds Denial of Benefits in Claimed Psychiatric Injury Case Based on Lack of Medical Evidence
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Mass. Appellate Court Upholds Award of Benefits to Injured Industrial Worker Despite Insurer’s Objections
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Massachusetts Appellate Court Upholds Dismissal of Claim for Emotional Distress Benefits
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Mass. Appellate Court Reverses Benefits Decision Based on Medical Evidence Regarding Causation
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Massachusetts Appellate Court Reverses Award of Benefits to Injured Cafeteria Worker Based on Inconsistent Medical Opinion Evidence
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Massachusetts Appellate Court Upholds Award of Permanent and Total Incapacity Benefits to Injured Construction Worker
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Massachusetts Appellate Court Upholds Award of Benefits to Injured Worker, Rejecting Insurer’s Affirmative Defense
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Massachusetts Department of Industrial Accidents Affirms Denial of Benefits to Injured Worker Based on Pre-Existing Condition
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Massachusetts Appellate Court Remands Decision Denying Compensation for Psychiatric Injury Resulting from Attack on Injured Worker
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Massachusetts Appellate Court Upholds Denial of Compensation for Total Left Hip Replacement in Workers’ Compensation Claim
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Massachusetts Appellate Court Upholds Award of Benefits to Lineman who Contracted Lyme Disease on the Job
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Massachusetts Appellate Court Upholds Award of Benefits to Worker Involved in Car Accident While Traveling Home from Job Site
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Massachusetts Reviewing Board Upholds Decision Declaring Truck Accident Victim Capable of Working 30 Hours Per Week
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Massachusetts Reviewing Board Upholds Denial of Reimbursement for Nursing Home Expenses in Leg Amputation Claim
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Massachusetts Reviewing Board Reverses Decision Finding Injured Nursing Assistant Capable of Performing Light Duty Work
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Massachusetts Reviewing Board Reverses Award of Benefits for Injured Nursing Assistant in Claim Involving Multiple Insurers
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Massachusetts Reviewing Board Reverses Award of Benefits, Based on Judge’s Failure to Consider Insurer’s Medical Evidence
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Massachusetts Reviewing Board Reverses Dismissal of Claim for Benefits Stemming from Emotional Trauma
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In New Report, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Counts Highest Number of Fatal Work Injuries in 2016 Since 2008
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Massachusetts Reviewing Board Upholds Denial of Workers’ Compensation Benefits Following Workplace Altercation
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Massachusetts Appellate Board Upholds Award of Benefits to Man with Spinal Injury Despite Employer’s Pre-Existing Condition Challenge
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Massachusetts Employers That Misclassify Workers for Workers’ Compensation Insurance Fraud Purposes Face Serious Penalties
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Massachusetts Appellate Court Discusses Whether Acceptance of a Lump Sum Settlement Affects an Injured Worker’s Right to Appeal a Benefits Award
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Massachusetts Appellate Case Discusses the Calculation of Benefits When Injured Employee is Deemed Capable of Returning to Light Duty Work
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Massachusetts Appellate Court Reverses Order Requiring Insurer To Pay for Prescription Medications Based on Improper Reliance on Impartial Medical Examiner’s Report
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Massachusetts Appellate Court Discusses Application of Statute of Limitations in Neck Injury Workers’ Compensation Claim
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Massachusetts Appellate Court Upholds Finding of Total and Permanent Disability in Psychiatric Patient Attack Case
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Massachusetts Appellate Court Upholds Award of Permanent Disability Benefits in Hearing Loss Work Injury Claim
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Massachusetts Appellate Court Upholds Denial of Coverage for Hip Replacement Surgery Following Work Accident
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Massachusetts Appellate Court Upholds Award of Permanent and Total Disability Benefits for Foot Injury and Psychiatric Condition
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Massachusetts Appellate Court Upholds Reduction of Workers’ Compensation Benefits Award in Nursing Knee Injury Case
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Massachusetts Appellate Court Reverses Order Awarding Benefits for Back Injury Upon Finding that the Record Lacked Sufficient Supporting Medical Evidence
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Massachusetts Appellate Court Reverses Trial Court Award of Benefits Based on Failure to Examine Claimant’s Alleged Pre-Existing Condition
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Massachusetts Appellate Court Upholds Denial of Reimbursement for Pain Medication Based on “Major Cause” Doctrine
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Massachusetts Appellate Court Remands Award of Total Incapacity Benefits Based on Lack of Evidence
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Massachusetts Appellate Court Reverses Increased Earning Capacity Determination in Injured School Teacher Claim
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Massachusetts Board Upholds Calculation of Average Weekly Wage for Injured Employee Based on Seasonal Work Classification
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Massachusetts Board Upholds Order Requiring Claimant to Pay Legal Proceeding Costs After Finding of Res Judicata
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Massachusetts Board Reverses Order Upon Finding that Impartial Medical Expert Testimony was Contradictory in Nature
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Massachusetts Board Upholds Finding of Total Incapacitation for Employee Injured While Operating a Snow Plow
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Massachusetts Board Holds Employee Suffering from Pre-Existing Medical Condition Not Entitled to Benefits Because No “Repetitive Activity” That Exacerbated the Condition
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Determining Eligibility for Workers’ Compensation Benefits for Massachusetts Employees Versus Contractors
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Workers’ Compensation Pilot Program Targets Opioid-Related Issues for Massachusetts Workers
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Massachusetts Company Faces Nearly $300,000 Penalty for Serious Hazards After Temporary Worker Suffers Injuries
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Industrial Review Board Finds Judge Mischaracterized Medical Evidence and Massachusetts Employee’s Claim for Benefits Must be Reassigned to New Judge
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Reviewing Board Finds Massachusetts Employee Entitled to Benefits for Physical and Psychiatric Disabilities
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The Conciliation Process in Massachusetts Workers’ Compensation Cases
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OSHA Revises Online Whistleblower Complaint Form to Help Protect Employees Reporting Violations of Workplace Safety and Other Laws
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Massachusetts Law Provides Benefits and Compensation for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Caused at Work
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Medical Care for Injured Employees and “Independent Medical Examinations” According to Massachusetts Law
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Workers’ Compensation Insurer Accepted Causation Between Work Injury and Death When Failing to Appeal Award of Burial Benefits to Spouse According to Massachusetts Law
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Reviewing Board Recommits Case After Massachusetts Judge Erred in Failing to Consider Injured Employee’s Properly Admitted Evidence and Set Forth Disability Findings Inconsistent with Dates
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Massachusetts Review Board Holds Employee Entitled to Average Weekly Wage Set Forth in Conference Order, Employee Had Not Appealed the Order
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Massachusetts Reviewing Board Recommits Case When Judge May Have Been Biased and Failed to Rule on Objections in Medical Depositions
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Massachusetts Reviewing Board Recommits Case to Determine Injured Employee’s Average Weekly Wage Because Judge Had Not Provided Basis for Ultimate Finding
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Massachusetts Review Board Upholds Compensation Award to Injured Employee, Rejects Insurer’s Argument That “Going and Coming” Rule Applied
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Massachusetts Review Board Finds Employee’s Lyme Disease Was Caused by Exposure During Work For First Employer; Causation Established and Closed Period Benefits Awarded
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Massachusetts Reviewing Board Affirms Decision Denying Injured Employee’s Expenses for Hip Replacement After Work Injury
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Massachusetts Court Holds Workers’ Compensation Law Provides for Interest from Filing Date of Claim Ultimately Resulting in Award of Benefits
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After Three Workers Fall At Massachusetts Worksite, OSHA Administrative Law Judge Holds Both Contractor and Subcontractor Responsible as Single Employer
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Massachusetts Reviewing Board Finds Second Employer May be Responsible for Employee’s Injury
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Employer’s Failure to Properly Train Employees Working in Trench Leads to Catastrophic and Fatal Consequences in Boston
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Massachusetts Reviewing Board Holds Judge Properly Continued Injured Employee’s Benefits, Despite Having Inappropriately Commented on Her Physical State at a Hearing
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Massachusetts Reviewing Board Holds Employee Committed Serious and Willful Misconduct in Attacking Employer, Not Entitled to Compensation for Alleged Personal Injuries
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Massachusetts Review Board Affirms Award of Workers’ Compensation Benefits to Injured Worker Disabled by Work Accident Years Before, Rejects Successive Insurer Rule as a Defense
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Massachusetts Reviewing Board Holds Employee’s Psychological Disability was not Causally Related to Earlier Work Events
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Auto Parts Company Fined Over Safety Hazards Leading to Death of Employee at Massachusetts Work Site
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Reduction in Injured Worker’s Benefits Upheld by Massachusetts Court Because Judge’s Decision “Rectified” Omission in Earlier Order
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Massachusetts Reviewing Board Reverses Judge’s Finding that Employee’s Disability Ceased Based on Surveillance Video Alone
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Gutter Firm Cited by OSHA for Repeat Violations After Massachusetts Worker Falls and Suffers Severe Injuries
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Massachusetts Reviewing Board Holds that Judge Had Not Based Finding on Specific Facts Regarding Employee’s Repetitive Lifting and Weight
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Massachusetts Reviewing Board Holds Missing Medical Evidence Requires Vacating the Decision Denying an Employee’s Claim for Benefits
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Massachusetts Reviewing Board Holds Medical Opinion Necessary to Support Finding of Compensability and Evidence Supports First Insurer’s Liability for Injured Painter’s Incapacity Period
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Massachusetts Seafood Wholesaler Cited by Federal Agency for Serious Violations that Fatally Injured Employee and Exposed Employees to Risk of Harm
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Workers’ Compensation Insurer did not Meet Burden of Showing Improvement in Employee’s Medical Condition; Massachusetts Reviewing Board Affirms Award of Total and Permanent Incapacity Benefits
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Massachusetts Reviewing Board Upholds Judge’s Determination that Employee was Permanently and Totally Disabled and Suitable for Vocational Rehabilitation
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Massachusetts Reviewing Board Holds Claimant Was Independent Contractor, Not Entitled to Workers’ Compensation
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Reviewing Board Holds Judge Made Findings Contrary to Medical Evidence and Massachusetts Workers’ Compensation Rules of Law Concerning Modification of Benefits Award
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Massachusetts Reviewing Board Finds Harmful Error in Inconsistent Findings Regarding the Cause of Employee’s Psychological Harm
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Massachusetts Reviewing Board Focuses on Fee Requirement for Impartial Medical Examination on Appeal, Precludes Claimant from Pursuing Medical Benefits
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Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Holds that Insurance Fund can Recoup Costs for Workers’ Compensation Claims Made on Behalf of High-Net-Worth Insureds
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Reviewing Board Holds Massachusetts Law Requires Funding Mechanisms to Remain in Place to Ensure Payment of Workers’ Compensation Benefits Even for Employees of “Defunct Self-Insurers”
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Massachusetts Reviewing Board Applies Successive Insurance Rule, Finding Coverage for Employee’s Ongoing Work-Related Injuries
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Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Holds Injured Parties Can Recover Pain and Suffering Without Concern Damages Will be Repaid to Workers’ Compensation Insurer
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Massachusetts Reviewing Board Awards § 34 Benefits Based on Medical Record Showing that Disability Extended Beyond Exhaustion of § 35 Benefits
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Reviewing Board Holds Nurse Assistant’s Previous Work-Related Injuries Combined with Industrial Incident in Massachusetts to Support Award of § 34 Benefits
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Massachusetts Reviewing Board Modifies Partial Disability Award After Judge Based Employee’s Earning Capacity Above Hourly Minimum Wage Without Supporting Evidence
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Reviewing Board Holds Judge Gave Inconsistent Findings in Judgment Denying Massachusetts Employee Medical Benefits and Dental Care
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Massachusetts Reviewing Board Holds Self-Insurer Must Pay Improperly Withheld Sums to Employee After Reaching Negotiated Amount for Benefits in Agreement
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Massachusetts Court Holds Workers’ Compensation Insurers Can Seek Equitable Contribution After Obligation to Defend and Indemnify is Triggered by Injured Employee Notifying Employer
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Massachusetts Court Finds Assault Pay Ends with Separation from Employment, While Workers’ Compensation May Continue
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Reviewing Board Holds Massachusetts Employees Must be Protected When Employers Cannot Meet Financial Obligations to Compensate for Work-Related Injury
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Massachusetts Reviewing Board of Industrial Accidents Affirms Dismissal of Employee’s Claim for Psychological Impairment from Injury when Employee Failed to Pay Share of Medical Examination as Agreed
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Injured Worker’s Partial Incapacity Benefits Upheld as Massachusetts Reviewing Board Holds Judge Not Required to Consider Effect of College Degree on Earning Capacity
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Massachusetts Workers’ Compensation Benefits Upheld for Employee with Policy Goal of Protecting Employee and Self-Insured Employer
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Massachusetts Reviewing Board Recommits Case Involving Entitlement of Spouse of Deceased Worker to Survivor Benefits
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Massachusetts Board Holds that Employee Suffered Industrial Injury Because She Showed Causal Relationship Between Asthma Condition and Exposure to Irritants at Workplace
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Reviewing Board Holds Massachusetts Worker Did Not Suffer Second Compensable Injury, and Insurer Responsible for Initial Injury Must Continue to Pay Benefits
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Massachusetts Reviewing Board Holds that Employee Failed to Meet Burden in Complex Psychological Case When Impartial Report Did Not Support Finding that Workload Resulted in Disability
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Massachusetts Reviewing Board Holds Employee Has Right to Compensation, Even When Employer Files for Bankruptcy
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Massachusetts Reviewing Board Finds in Favor of Employee Suffering Disability due to Repetitive, Strenuous Work
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Massachusetts Board Holds Medical Testimony Not Required When Only Issue is Amount Due Employee for Work-Related Limp
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Massachusetts Board Upholds Admission of “Gap” Medical Evidence to Address Changes in Injured Employee’s Disability
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Massachusetts Reviewing Board Addresses Inconsistencies of Fact and Medical Opinion Regarding Injured Worker’s Psychiatric Condition
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Massachusetts Reviewing Board Holds Determination of Injured Worker’s Change in Disability Must be Based on Credible Evidence and Not Her Testimony of Hope and Need for Surgery
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Massachusetts Appeals Court Reviews Worker’s Compensation Claim for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
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Massachusetts Workers’ Compensation Benefits May Be Offset by Payment of Out-of-State Benefits for Same Injury
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Massachusetts Employee Allowed to File New Claim After Lengthy Delay in Workers’ Compensation Decision
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Massachusetts Workers’ Compensation Benefits for Specific Injuries Limited on Appeal
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Massachusetts Reviewing Board Considers Employee’s Appeal for Total Incapacity Benefits
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Massachusetts Board Rules Medical Opinion Insufficient to Establish Workplace Injury Was Predominant Contributing Cause of Mental Condition
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Massachusetts Employee Awarded Workers’ Compensation Benefits After Workplace Assault
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Massachusetts Employee Fails to Establish Asthma Caused by Industrial Accident
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Massachusetts Employee Prevails on Claim for Workers’ Compensation Partial Incapacity Benefits
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Massachusetts Employee Denied Workers’ Compensation Benefits for Pre-Existing Condition
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Massachusetts Employee Not Allowed Retroactive Application of Spaniol’s Case
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Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Rules Damages for Pain and Suffering Not Subject to Workers’ Compensation Liens
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Massachusetts Employee Denied Workers’ Compensation Benefits Due to Insufficient Evidence
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Massachusetts Employee Award of Workers’ Compensation Benefits Affirmed
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Massachusetts Court Rules Employee Must Provide Evidence to Distinguish Workers’ Compensation Benefits Claim from Prior Claim
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Reviewing Board Addresses Evidence of Pre-Existing Condition in Massachusetts Workers’ Compensation Appeal
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Massachusetts Employee Awarded Partial Incapacity Benefits in Worker’s Compensation Appeal
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Massachusetts Appeals Court Rules Injured Employee Failed to Establish Partial Incapacity
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Massachusetts Employee’s Workers’ Compensation Benefits for Specific Injury Affirmed
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Massachusetts Employee Fails to Establish Misconduct by Employer in Workers’ Compensation Case
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Massachusetts Reviewing Board Affirms Award of Burial and Dependency Benefits to Deceased Employee’s Wife
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Massachusetts Employee Has Standing to Bring Claim for Reimbursement of Benefits Paid by MassHealth and Medicare
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Massachusetts Employee Appeals Denial of Workers’ Compensation Benefits to Reviewing Board
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Massachusetts Employee Contests Earning Capacity in Workers’ Compensation Appeal
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Massachusetts Workers’ Compensation Award for Carpal Tunnel Syndrom Appealed to Reviewing Board
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Massachusetts Reviewing Board Finds in Favor of Employee in Appeal of Workers’ Compensation Benefits
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Massachusetts Reviewing Board Affirms Award of Workers’ Compensation Benefits, Including Handicapped Housing
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Massachusetts Court of Appeals Adopts Administrative Judge’s Findings Regarding Employee Credibility
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Massachusetts Reviewing Board Analyzes Affect of Seasonal Employment on Average Weekly Wage
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Massachusetts Reviewing Board Affirms Decision Awarding Injured Employee Workers’ Compensation Benefits
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Massachusetts Employee’s Average Weekly Wages Based on Prior Salary, Not Anticipated Salary, for Workers’ Compensation Benefits
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Potential Future Surgery Insufficient Basis for Change in Massachusetts Workers’ Compensation Benefits
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Massachusetts Appeals Court Ruling Prohibits Workers’ Compensation Insurers from Bypassing Department of Industrial Accidents in Coverage Disputes
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Massachusetts Appeals Court Finds Willful Misconduct of Supervisor, Affirms Award of Double Compensation
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Massachusetts Appeals Court Holding Bars Injured Temp Worker from Suing Employer
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Massachusetts Appeals Court Denies Employee Total Incapacity Benefits in Workers’ Compensation Case
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Massachusetts Employee Awarded Reimbursement of Medical Co-Payments for Treatment
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Massachusetts Appeals Court Finds for Worker Claiming Partial Incapacity Benefits
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For Massachusetts Workers’ Compensation Recipient, USPS Earnings Not Included in Average Weekly Wage
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Massachusetts Appeals Court Rules Against Injured Worker, Discontinues Temporary Total Incapacity Benefits
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Massachusetts Court Affirms Benefits After Workplace Incidents Trigger Employee’s PTSD
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Massachusetts Court Finds No Newly Discovered Evidence in Workers’ Compensation Case
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Massachusetts Appeals Court Rules Res Judicata Bars Workers’ Compensation Claim
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Massachusetts Appeals Court Sides with Injured Correctional Officer in Workers’ Compensation Case
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Alleged Workers’ Compensation Fraud in Massachusetts Asbestos Abatement Company
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Mental Injury Benefits from Workers’ Compensation
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Massachusetts Appeals Court Denies Psychiatric Workers’ Compensation Claim
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Massachusetts Legislature Considers Change to Workers’ Compensation
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Massachusetts Appeals Court Issues Ruling in Third-Party Lawsuit Following Workers’ Compensation Injury
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Massachusetts Appeals Court Fails to Find Partnership in Workers’ Compensation Hopeful Case
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Proposed Amendment to Massachusetts Workers’ Compensation Laws Could Help Burn Victims
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Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Rules in Favor of Taxicab Owners, Fails to Find Drivers Employees for Workers’ Compensation Purposes
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Massachusetts Attorney General Prosecuting Workers’ Compensation Fraud Cases
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Massachusetts Appeals Court Affirms Decision in Workers’ Compensation Fraud Case
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Massachusetts Court of Appeals Sides with Injured Police Officer in Workers’ Compensation Case
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Supreme Judicial Court Rules Against Commonwealth in Massachusetts Workers’ Compensation Case
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Dual Reports Indicate Workers’ Compensation Benefits Inadequate in Massachusetts, Nationwide
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Massachusetts Appeals Court Denies Employee’s Psychiatric Workers’ Compensation Claim
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Appeals Court of Massachusetts Upholds Decision Based on Opinion Independent Medical Examiner
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Massachusetts Court of Appeals Discontinues Workers’ Compensation in Decades-Old Case
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Massachusetts Workers’ Compensation Law and Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress
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Back Injuries and Workers’ Compensation Claims under Massachusetts Law
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The “Going and Coming Rule” in Massachusetts Workers’ Compensation Cases
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Massachusetts Signs Workers’ Compensation Misclassification Initiative
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The Importance of Understanding the Exclusivity of Massachusetts Workers’ Compensation Benefits
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Massachusetts Appeals Court Invalidates Workers’ Compensation Waiver
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Massachusetts Court Rules Against Employee in Workers’ Compensation Wrongful Death Case
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Hasbro Fails on Appeal to Discontinue Workers’ Compensation Benefits
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Worker Killed at New Bedford Massachusetts Seafood Plant Leaves Five Children
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Central Transport, LLC in Billerica, Massachusetts Cited For Safety Violations
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Judge Can’t Use Video Evidence To Discontinue Workers’ Compensation
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Job Applicant Has Rights Under Massachusetts Workers’ Compensation Law
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FDA Criticizes Massachusetts Regulations Aimed At Zohydro
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U.S. DOL Sues Massachusetts Company That Fired Worker for Safety Complaint
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D&J Ironworks Fire Causes Boston, Massachusetts Firefighters’ Deaths
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Massachusetts Employer’s Bad Faith May Entitle Employee to Workers’ Compensation Benefits for Psychological Injury
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Massachusetts Hospitals, Clinics, and Emergency Responders Confront Ebola Threat
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Massachusetts Company Cited For Multiple Safety Violations; Claims to Have Learned From Its Mistakes
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In Massachusetts and Nationally, As Few As 12% of Eligible Employees Receive Workers’ Compensation
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In Massachusetts, Emotional Distress At Work May Qualify An Employee To Receive Workers’ Compensation Benefits
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Massachusetts Medical Marijuana Law Creates Options for Workers’ Compensation
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In Massachusetts, When Judge Misses Diagnosis, Worker’s Claim Must Be Reconsidered
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What is a Combination Injury and How Does it Affect Eligibility for Benefits?
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In Workers’ Compensation Hearing, Judge Must Consider Proper Evidence and Consider It Properly
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Judge Can’t Conduct Independent Investigation to Discredit Employee and Deny Claim
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Injured Police Officer Entitled to Special Workers’ Compensation Benefits
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Right to Workers’ Compensation Coverage Can’t be Taken Away by Employer
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Pain Management and Workers’ Compensation
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The Top Five Most Expensive Workers’ Compensation Claims
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Why You Deserve Your Workers’ Compensation
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At What Point Should You Retain a Workers’ Comp Lawyer?
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Wrongful Death Lawsuits Filed in Grain Elevator Blast
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Why Your Workers’ Compensation Claim May Have Been Denied
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Am I Entitled to a Pay Raise While on Workers’ Comp in Massachusetts?
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OSHA makes efforts to protect female construction workers
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Healthcare Accounts for Most Workplace Injuries Each Year
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Construction Worker Injured at Temple University
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Employee Injured at Greater Rochester Airport
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Bacardi Bottling Cited Following Worker’s Death
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California Farm Shut Down by OSHA Following Worker’s Death
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NFL Players Sue the League for Concealing Risk of Brain Injury
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Glass Company Cited by OSHA Following Finger Amputation
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New Jersey Company Faces $49,600 in Fines for OSHA Violations
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Ohio Company Fined $66,000 for 11 Violations
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Site Maintenance Cited for 8 Safety Violations
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OSHA Cites Buffalo Plant for Asbestos
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Construction Worker at Palisades Mall Injured
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OSHA Campaigns to Prevent Heat Illness, Medford Postal Carrier Collapses During Delivery and Dies
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OSHA Fines Company Following Employee’s Death
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Trucking Company Cited by OSHA after Employee Death
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Cincinnati Company Faces $325,000 Fine after Deadly Blast
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Report Shows 32 Employees Died in Workplace Accidents in Massachusetts Last Year
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OSHA Cites Helicopter Contractor for Exposing Workers to Hazardous Chemicals
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Cheese Corporation Cited by OSHA after Worker Amputation
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OSHA Investigating Injury at Quincy Middle School Construction Site
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SeaWorld Fined by OSHA for Safety Violation
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OSHA fines Ohio Company $258,000 for 51 health and safety violations
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OSHA Cites American Recycling & Manufacturing for 18 Violations
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OSHA Fines Hanover Contractor for Violations
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OSHA Proposes Fines after Natural Gas Explosion
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Wal-Mart Cited for OSHA Violations
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Xcel Agrees to Pay $150,000 Settlement
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Niagara Falls Contractor Fined for Excavation Hazards
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NY Wood Shavings Manufacturer Faces Large Fine
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Two Government Contractors Fined More Than $60,000
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33 OSHA Violations Cited for Ohio Company
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Quality Trailers Cited for 15 Violations Following Complaint
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Massachusetts Construction Contractor Faces $290,700 in Fines
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Muffler Facility Faces OSHA Fines
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OSHA Reprimands Wolf Creek Power Plant for Firing Whistleblower
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Maine Sawmill Faces $79,310 in Fines
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Palermo’s Villa Cited by OSHA after Employee Accident
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Massachusetts’ DLS Acknowledged for Worker Safety Initiative
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Job-Related Hearing Loss in Massachusetts
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Recent MA Superior Court Case Changes Workers’ Compensation Law
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Massachusetts Man Indicted on Workers’ Compensation Fraud Charges
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Employee Suffers Burns after Propane Tank Explosion
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Steelworker Falls from Duxbury High School Roof
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Framingham DPW Employee Severed Artery in Saw Mishap
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Pennsylvania Employer Failed to Require Flame-Resistant Clothing for Natural Gas Work
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Contractor Seriously Injured at Stoughton Work Site
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Construction Worker Saved by Bubble Wrap
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OSHA Cites Connecticut Roofing Contractor for Fall Hazards
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OSHA Proposes $55,660 in fines for Dracut Contractor
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OSHA Orders Norfolk Southern Railway Co. to Pay $1.1 Million
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Nantucket Business to Pay $42,000 for Workers’ Compensation Avoidance
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Massachusetts Food Distributor Cited by OSHA
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Massachusetts Contractor Agreed to Pay Fine of $200,000
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Study Shows Costs of Massachusetts Workers’ Compensation Claims Decreased in 2010
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OSHA Cites NH Contractor for Repeated Offenses
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StoneRiver will pay $1 Million for Prescription Overcharges
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Few Physicians are Abiding by Guidelines for Painkillers
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Survivor Benefits Available for Injured Workers’ Families
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Construction Worker Killed in New York Building Collapse
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Massachusetts Division of Insurance Rejects Proposed Workers’ Compensation Rate Increase
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Monro Reaches Agreement with Labor Department to Protect Workers Against Hydraulic Lift Hazards
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Ex-NFL Player Tom Tupa Found Eligible for Workers’ Compensation
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MA Company Cited by OSHA after Crane Comes in Contact with Power Line and Injures Worker
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OSHA Fines Merrimack Premium Outlet Contractors $173,500
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Secretary of Labor Announces Fall Prevention Campaign
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Man Cuts Off Finger at Construction Site in Hamilton, MA
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OSHA Railing Requirements
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OSHA and NIOSH Issue Hazard Alert to Protect Workers from Silica Exposure
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Massachusetts Laundry Company Fined $186,000 for Hazards at New Jersey Facility
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OSHA Fines Tenneco $79,300 for Violations in Georgia
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Sugarland Sued over Indiana Stage Collapse
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Thousands of Workers Injured Each Year on the Job
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Lightning Strike Kills Worker at Atlantic City Casino
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Man Dies Working on Bridge, OSHA Fines Company $107,000
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Former Major League Baseball Pitcher Mark ‘The Bird” Fidrych’s Family Sues for Wrongful Death
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Westford Family Sues National Grid after Backhoe Killed Grandmother
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Valero Refinery Explosion Kills One and Injures Others
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Girl Injured by Foul Ball at Braves’ Game Files Suit
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New Regulations Limit the Prices for Doctor-Dispensed Drugs
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$7.5 Million Settlement for Deadly Norfolk Blast
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BP Agrees to $13 Million Dollar Settlement
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OSHA Fines Lancaster Plant $130,300 for 12 Violations
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New Study Shows Lump Sums Encourage Workers to Return to Work
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Walmart and Target to Pay $232,000 for Alleged Medical Overcharges
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OSHA fines Taunton Company over $700,000 for Violating Workplace Safety Standards
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Frequently Asked Questions by Injured Workers (Part 3)
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OSHA Fines Massachusetts Contractor $81,000 for Arc Flash in Andover
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Frequently Asked Questions by Injured Workers (Part 2)
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Frequently Asked Questions by Injured Workers (Part 1)
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Potential Increase in Workers’ Compensation Rate in Massachusetts
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Insurers Claim that Painkillers Elevate Workers’ Compensation Costs
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Toxic Dust Killed Courthouse Worker
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Bureau of Labor Statistics determine 10 Most Dangerous Jobs in the US
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Haverhill Teen Tried and Convicted of Homicide in Fatal Crash Resulting From Texting While Driving
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Everett Crossing Guard Struck and Killed During Morning Commute
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AIG to Pay $146 Million Workers’ Compensation Settlement to the States
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Middleton Adhesive Manufacturer Settles DOL Workplace Safety Litigation for $600,000
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OSHA Proposes $130,300 in Fines for Safety Violations Following Worker’s Death at Lancaster Package Manufacturing Facility
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Massachusetts-Based Stone Fabricator Fined $47,600 for Serious and Repeat Safety Violations
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OSHA Proposes $589,200 in Fines for Safety Violations at Tewksbury-Based Grocery Chain
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Senate Bill Would Make Failure to Purchase Workers’ Compensation Insurance a Felony in Massachusetts
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Easton, Massachusetts Worker Shot in Chest With Nail Gun
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Plainville Construction Contractor Cited $50,000 Over Fourth Fall Hazard Violation in Less Than Five Years
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OSHA Cites Everett Recycling Facility $70,000 for Ten Serious Violations
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Watertown Roofing Company Admits to Workers’ Compensation Fraud
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OSHA Settles with Wilmington Masonry Contractor for $134,000 over Rowes Wharf Safety Violations
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