Quote of the day
“By working for insurance reform, Kevin and his family fought the good fight even while he was sick. He recently asked us to carry on the reform efforts so other firefighter families could avoid what he’s gone through.”
Houston Professional Fire Fighters Association President Marty Lancton, regarding Kevin Leago, who’s battle for workers’ compensation for his job-related cancer set a precedent
Houston firefighter who fought city for benefits succumbs to cancer
A Houston firefighter who successfully fought the city for workers’ compensation benefits for his neuroendocrine cancer, setting a precedent for dozens of current and retired Houston firefighters, died Thursday at 40 years old. Despite state law and medical studies linking cancers to firefighting, a Houston Chronicle analysis found in the six-year period ending in 2018, 91 percent of workers comp cancer claims filed by Texas firefighters were denied by providers. Houston Chronicle
Customers say they were ripped off by owner of shuttered CBD store in Vermont
The owner of a Waterbury, Vermont CBD store that was recently closed by the state over a lack of workers’ compensation insurance is facing complaints from hemp farmers and other vendors who say they haven’t been paid. VTDigger
Indiana: Amputation case remanded for recalculation
The Indiana Court of Appeals has reversed for a woman who alleged she is owed more in partial impairment benefits for an amputation on her hand than she was awarded by the Workers’ Compensation Board. Indiana Lawyer
Violations found in June electrocution of Cincinnati city employee
According to documents provided by the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation, 12 standard violations ranging from lack of training to the use of non-insulated tools, to working too closely to energized power circuits occurred in connection to the June electrocution of a city of Cincinnati employee. The 48-year-old man was working alone in a bucket truck when he came in contact with live wires and was electrocuted. Additionally, employees were not advised of the hazards involved in the work they were performing and that the employer did not maintain a written copy of operating procedures for employees to rely on. Cincinnati Enquirer