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Could We Change that Sedentary Way of Living?
By Teresa McLoughlin Rice, Esq.
 The health benefits of exercise are well established, as are the risks associated with not being active. The modern workplace, however, often involves sitting for long periods of time. So what do most people do when their workday is over? Do they balance out all that sitting at work by being more active in their free time? Since research on this issue is sparse, a team of British researchers decided to investigate further. Their study, Office Workers' Objectively Measured Sedentary Behavior and Physical Activity During and Outside Working Hours, was published in the March 2014 edition of the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. The results are sobering. In short, the office workplace was found to be primarily sedentary and, despite the risks associated with a sedentary lifestyle (for example Type II diabetes, weight gain, cancer and cardiovascular disease), workers did not compensate by being more active during their leisure time...read more.
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LARSON'S SPOTLIGHT ON RECENT CASES |
Thomas A. Robinson, J.D., our Feature National Columnist, is a leading commentator and expert on the law of workers' compensation.
 Wyoming: Burden of Proof Has Two Elements: Burden of Production and Burden of Persuasion. Reminding the parties that the burden of proof consists of two elements: the burden of production and the burden of persuasion, the Supreme Court of Wyoming affirmed the denial of workers' compensation benefits for back pain that the claimant believed was related to an earlier workplace accident...read more.
Federal: U.S. Supreme Court Denies Certiorari in Sixth Circuit's RICO Decision. The United States Supreme Court has denied review of the Sixth Circuit's en banc decision in Jackson v. Sedwick Claims Mngmt. Servs. Readers will recall that the Jackson case, which questions whether an injured employee may recover under RICO when...read more.
Illinois: Courthouse Employee's Fall Near Courthouse Door Found Compensable. Reversing the denial of benefits to a county courthouse employee, who caught her two-inch heel in a crack in the sidewalk just outside the courthouse door as she returned from a...read more.
Louisiana: Injured Employee Successfully Rebuts Positive Post-Accident Drug Test. A Louisiana appellate court, acknowledging that La.R.S. 23:1081 provided the defense of intoxication and also provided an employer with certain presumptions if an injured employee tested positive for various drugs...read more. |
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California: Unreasonable Denial of Medical Treatment by Abruptly Withdrawing Authorization of Injured Worker's Opioid Pain Medication. Both utilization review physician and medical treatment utilization schedule recommended slow tapering of opioid pain medications. 
