Vol. 7, Issue 18

Find Solutions & Strategies                  May 2, 2016 

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 CardiovascularAge and Length of Disability for Eight Chronic Conditions 
In This Issue
A Note From the Editor
age and length of disability for eight chronic conditions
Does an aging American workforce mean more time lost due to chronic conditions such as arthritis, cancer, chronic pulmonary disease, coronary artery disease, diabetes, depression, hypertension, and low back pain? 
 
Roger Rabb, J.D., Special Correspondent for the LexisNexis Workers' Compensation eNewsletter  
 
It is no secret that the American population as a whole is getting older, which also means that it is generally more susceptible to chronic health conditions and longer periods of disease and illness. An estimated 133 million Americans suffer from at least one chronic health condition, with almost 80% of American adults aged 50 or older reported to have at least one. The existence of such a large population of chronic health sufferers will of necessity have an adverse impact on work productivity, as these conditions will often require an absence from work, and many studies have looked at the costs associated with ill health and work disability. However, very little research exists examining more specifically the relationship between age and the length of non-work disability across the different types of chronic conditions that are most common today in the American population...read more.
LARSON'S SPOTLIGHT ON RECENT CASES
Thomas A. Robinson, J.D., our Feature National Columnist, is the co-author of Larson's Workers' Compensation Law (LexisNexis). 
  
Florida: Supreme Court Strikes Down Mandatory Attorney Fee Schedule for Claimants. The Supreme Court of Florida, in a split decision, held that the mandatory attorney fee schedule contained in � 440.34, Fla. Stat., which precludes any consideration of whether the fee award is reasonable to compensate...read more.

California: Claimant's Psychiatric Injury Was Not "Extraordinary" Under the Circumstances. Under Cal. Labor Code � 3208.3(d), where the employer has employed an employee for less than six months, the employee may not recover for a psychiatric injury unless the injury is caused by a "sudden and extraordinary employment condition."...read more.

New York: Claimant's Motorcycle Riding Disqualifies Him From Benefits. The Board was justified in finding claimant had violated N.Y. Work. Comp. Law � 114-a and should be disqualified from receiving wage replacement benefits where the claimant represented to an orthopedic surgeon that he could not do anything more than sedentary activity, and then...read more.

New York: Airport Worker's Work in Freezing Weather Causally Connected to Heart Attack. Substantial evidence supported a finding by the Board that an employee's fatal heart attack was causally related to his employment where the decedent and others were called upon to deal with a frozen valve...read more.
Workers' Compensation Emerging Issues Analysis
national & state news

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