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400-lb. employee: Was injury due to weight or work?


October 11, 2010 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Special Report, Worker health, Workers' comp, new court decision

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A doctor says an employee’s injury was due to turning or twisting at work. His employer says it was because the worker weighed more than 400 lbs. Did the employee get workers’ comp benefits?

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Worker’s knee popped walking up stairs: Does she get comp?


August 9, 2010 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Injuries, Special Report, What do you think?, Workers' comp, new court decision

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An employee injures her knee just by walking up stairs at work and applies for workers’ comp benefits.

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