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Scarring Awards in the Current Worker's Comp Landscape 4 May 2013 | 08:52 am
In a few certain, specific situations, an injured worker in Connecticut can still be awarded a monetary allowance for scarring or disfigurement. Notably, a scar on the face still qualifies for compens...
Workers Comp Myths and facts from our freinds at LexisNexis 20 Dec 2012 | 08:00 pm
10 Myths and Facts About Workers' Compensation Posted by LexisNexis Workers' Comp Law Community Staff The LexisNexis Workers’ Compensation Law Community and the award-winning blog Work Comp Roundup ha...
Staffing 21 Jul 2012 | 10:57 am
My opinion has always been that the best law firms are so because of the people, and for that reason I have always been blessed to be supported by some of the most wonderfuly talented people available...
Commissioner Thompson Passes 25 May 2012 | 08:10 am
Hon. Clifton Thompson who was actively serving the citizens of the State of Connecticut as a Worker's Compensation Commissioner passed away on Friday, May 18th, 2004. At the time of his death, Commiss...
SSA Bans Judges from Stalking Facebook 5 May 2012 | 09:02 am
I read today that apparently the Social Security Administration has banned its' Administrative Law Judges from using Facebook in particular and the internet in general to root out Claimant fraud. I ha...
Worker's Comp Commission/Labor Department merger shelved for this year- Middletown District Office to Close 30 Mar 2012 | 01:38 pm
We have received some good news from about the Governor’s proposal to consolidate the Worker’s Compensation Commission into the Department of Labor. In the latest version of the proposed state budget,...
Bulletin 49 now available 28 Mar 2012 | 01:19 am
The Workers’ Compensation Commission’s Bulletin 49 is available to the public free of charge, and contains the entire Workers’ Compensation Act, additional related statutes, and Workers’ Compensation ...
The 11 Most Life Threatening Jobs on the Planet 7 Mar 2012 | 03:58 am
The danger workers face on the job is not always compensated by higher pay. Life-threatening jobs can be mind-numbingly simple, easily performed by unskilled workers or children, or as physically and ...
Worker's Compensation and "Acts of God" 14 Jan 2012 | 07:34 pm
From Lynch Ryan: Worker's Comp Insider Annals of Compensability: Of Heroes, Acts of God, and (No) Mercy When the category 5 hurricane hit Joplin, Missouri on May 22 this year, Mark Lindquist was perc...
Tough Month at the CRB 14 Jan 2012 | 07:23 pm
A flurry of recent decisions have just come down from the Connecticut Compensation Review Board on a Myriad of issues, big and small. Not a single win for a Claimant. This is a tough enviornment in w...
