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Category Archives: Workers’ Compensation
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Construction Injuries and Workers’ Compensation
Construction sites make dangerous workplaces, and construction injuries are all too common. Who pays if you are injured on the job at a construction site, though? In most cases, construction injuries are covered by your employers’ workers’ compensation insurance, including your medical expenses, lost wages,…
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Are Sole Proprietors Covered by Workers’ Compensation in SC?
The answer is it depends. A sole proprietor may be covered by their own workers’ compensation policy or another company’s workers’ compensation policy, depending on whether: The sole proprietor purchased workers’ compensation coverage for their company, The sole proprietor notified the insurance company that they elect to…
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What are the Most Common Types of Workers’ Compensation Claims?
The nation’s largest workers’ compensation carrier, the Travelers Companies, reviewed over a million and a half workers’ comp claims that were filed from 2010 to 2014, including claims filed from various industries and companies of all sizes, and they identified the most common claims for various…
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Workers’ Compensation for Asbestos Exposure
If you have been exposed to asbestos in the workplace resulting in an occupational disease like mesothelioma or asbestosis, you may be entitled to workers’ compensation – or you may have a third-party lawsuit against the individual or corporations responsible for your exposure. What is…
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ARE SEASONAL WORKERS COVERED BY WORKERS’ COMPENSATION IN SC?
Are seasonal workers covered by workers’ compensation in SC? If you were only hired at a department store to help with the holiday rush, or if you were hired at a beach store for the summer season, you are most likely covered by workers’ compensation…
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IS MURDER COVERED BY WORKERS’ COMPENSATION?
Is death by murder covered by workers’ compensation insurance? Or any injury caused by an assault or violent crime? In Patel v. BVM Motel, the SC Court of Appeals held that if you work at a motel, live on the motel’s premises, are “on duty” day and night,…
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IF YOU LOSE YOUR JOB, DO YOU CONTINUE TO RECEIVE WORKERS’ COMPENSATION BENEFITS?
If you are injured at work, and then you lose your job after filing a workers’ compensation claim, will you continue to receive workers’ compensation benefits? Can an employer (and their insurance company) avoid paying a claim by terminating your employment? What if you are…
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ARE YOU COVERED BY WORKER’S COMPENSATION IF YOU WORK FROM HOME?
Are you covered by worker’s compensation if you work from home? The number of people working from home has increased dramatically since the start of the pandemic. Last June, a study from Stanford’s Institute for Economic Policy Research showed that 42 percent of workers in the US…
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Workers’ compensation death benefits in sc
Workers’ compensation death benefits in SC provide some compensation for the families of workers who have been killed on the job. Last Sunday, an employee of Innovative Fibers in Spartanburg County, SC, was killed after he “became entrapped in a machine.” Will workers’ compensation pay…
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WHY DO WE HAVE WORKERS’ COMPENSATION INSURANCE?
Why do we have workers’ compensation insurance? If you are injured because of someone else’s negligence, you can file a lawsuit and they are required to compensate you, right? Why isn’t that enough when a worker is injured on the job? At Axelrod and Associates,…
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