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• 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…

• SEMI TRACTOR TRAILER OVERTURNS ON INTERSTATE 465 NEAR I 74

   

• TWO PEOPLE ARE SERIOUSLY INJURED IN MORNING CAR CRASH IN HAMILTON COUNTY

  Two people were seriously injured in a morning car accident near State Road 13 when a truck driver pulled out into the path of a Chevy Impala. Police reported that the driver and a passenger…

• INDIANA COURT UPHOLDS WOKERS COMPENSATION 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…

• LAP-BAND WEIGHT LOSS SURGERY TO BE COVERED UNDER INDIANA EMPLOYEE'S WORKERS COMPENSATION 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…

• INDIANA WORKER COMPENSATION BOARD HAS WEBSITE TO FACILITATE EMPLOYEES INJURED ON THE JOB

  The Worker's Compensation Board of Indiana maintains a website that allows victims of work-related injuries in Indiana to research issues related to potential claims, obtain forms to file claims, and answer common questions regarding injuries…

• ALCOHOL AND DRUGS ARE REVEALED IN TOXICOLOGY REPORT OF NEW YORK WOMAN WHO CAUSED FATAL HEAD ON COLLISION

  Westchester County officials are at a loss to explain the actions of the Long Island Mother that got behind the wheel of her mini-van while drunk on vodka and high on marijuana. The deadly combination…

• AUTO CRASH ON INTERSTATE 74 CLAIMS THE LIFE OF WOMAN NEAR BROWNSBURG

  Sections of Interstate 74 near Brownsburg, Indiana, were completely shut down just after 8:15 am on Wednesday as result of a head on auto collision. Authorities were able to reopen all lanes just after 1…

• TOXIC LEAK DUE TO PUMP FAILURE CAUSES MULTIPLE INJURIES AT HOLIDAY WORLD SPLASHIN SAFARI IN INDIANA

  Officials at an amusement park in Indiana are blaming injuries to over forty people on a defective pump. In reports to the press, the President of Holiday World Splashin Safari in Indiana reported that a…

• SECOND VICTIM SUCCUMBS TO INJURIES AFTER SUNDAY'S COLLISION ON INTERSTATE 70

  Erin C. Ford, 20, of Coatesville, became the second victim to succumb to injuries in Sunday's head on collision on Interstate 70. Ford was taken off life support at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis, Indiana, at…