DePaolo's World

After so many years traveling the workers' compensation conference circuit, absorbing all of the education, statistics and analysis, i...

In just a couple of weeks Boston will host the annual Workers' Compensation Research Institute's conference . Lots of interesting re...

"I don't need someone to advocate for me. I need someone to empower me." Becky Curtis was in a frightening roll over accide...

With all of the racial tension in this country tied to police activity and grand juries waiving indictment of officers blamed for excessive ...

Dwight Johnson lost both legs in separate industrial accidents. But when he was really down he thought of his seven children, his wife, a...

After Dad died my siblings and I made arrangements for Mom at the best memory care facility we could find. My eldest sister has worked in ...

Generally accepted psychological principal is that working is good for the head and that is why there is such an emphasis on return to work ...

When the law changes and makes a distinction between physical and psychiatric or psychological injuries, what should one do? If you're a...

The Westphal case opened up a huge controversy in Florida, and now the 1st District Court of Appeals (DCA) is being asked to also consider a...

The National Football League is big business, big entertainment, big athletes, big everything. Its workers' compensation issues are big ...

Not a lot of exciting workers' compensation law or issues come out of Wyoming - one of the least densely populated states in the US. But...

Wow, wow, wow. That's all I could say to the recently released opinion by the California 4th District Court of Appeal (DCA) ruling in C...

I'm going to Hawaii next week, ostensibly for a vacation, but perhaps there's purpose to my visit outside of rest, relaxation and su...

In his book,  Stabbed In the Back: Confronting Back Pain in an Overtreated Society , Nortin Hadler MD argues that much of what we consider ...