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Judicial Oversight

Workers' Compensation

The DWC is a quasi-judicial division of a department of the executive branch of the government, and its authority is strictly limited by the statute creating it. 2d 636 (2004). Payments made under Section 20 may be considered payments of workers’ compensation for insurance rating purposes only. New Amsterdam Cas. 2d 693 (A.D.1953).

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How prepared are workers’ compensation systems for COVID-19?

Workers' Compensation Perspectives

The “Unknown” occupational disease risk in workers’ compensation When workers’ compensation systems started a century ago, the focus was “industrial accidents”. page U47] Over time, most workers’ compensation systems adapted to include coverage for occupational diseases. In 2004, the avian in?

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Medical Marijuana Within the Context of Workers’ Compensation Claims

The Workcomp Writer

Claimant, a police officer, established two workers’ compensation claims—one involving a concussion and injuries to his right wrist, elbow, and shoulder stemming from a February 2004 incident where he slipped and fell on black ice while at work, and the other involving a 1998 work-related injury to his low back. 369, § 7 (B).