Missouri Mental Injury: The Workers’ Comp Trap You MUST Avoid
24 days ago
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Missouri Workers' Comp: Mental Injury and the Extraordinary and Unusual Standard Quick Takeaways The Extraordinary and Unusual Standard: Missouri requires that a compensable mental injury arise from work-related stress that was objectively extraordinary and unusual compared to the stress experienced...
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South Carolina Mental Injury Claims: The “Extraordinary Stress” Trap
3 months, 17 days ago
EAP , employee assistance program , extraordinary stress , first responder benefits , mental injury claim , PTSD workers comp , SC law , South Carolina workers comp , workplace mental health
The South Carolina Mental Injury Trap Quick Takeaways * The Trap: Thinking "Ordinary Stress" is covered in South Carolina. It isn't. * The Rule: Under Section 42-1-160(b), a mental injury is only compensable if it results from "unusual or extraordinary"...
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