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Lap Band Weight Loss Surgery To Be Covered Under Indiana Employee’s Workers Comp Claim
The LAP-BAND® Adjustable Gastric Banding System is a gastric banding system that helps individuals lose and control weight by reducing the amount of food that their stomach can hold at one time. According to the parent-company’s website, the name “LAP-BAND” comes from the minimally invasive surgical technique used (laparoscopy) and the silicone gastric band placed…
Indiana Work Comp Handbook
The Indiana Worker’s Compensation Board has issued a handbook to facilitate employees’ and employers’ understanding of the laws which govern Indiana Work Comp claims. The following is a link to the Board’s website and Handbook posting: INDIANA WORK COMP HANDBOOK Categories: Workers' Compensation
Some Indiana Work Injuries Fall Outside of The Workers Compensation Remedies
Generally speaking, Indiana workers are precluded from filing a lawsuit against their employers or other people employed by the same employer when they are injured on the job. However, in the event that one can prove that the injury was due to the fault of another company or person employed by another company, an employee…
Indiana Court Upholds Workers Comp Board Ruling That Forces Employer To Pay For Weight Loss Surgery
The Indiana Court of Appeals has upheld the Worker’s Compensation Board’s prior ruling that an employer, a pizza retailer, must pay for the weight-loss surgery of an obese employee. All is not as it seems with this headline; however, as the ruling is based on the Court’s reliance on medical testimony related to the actual…
