- Court shields workers comp settlement, Medicare set-aside in bankruptcy
A worker who used his workers compensation settlement and Medicare set-aside account funds to buy real estate and a new truck will not have to include those items as assets under his Chapter 7 bankruptcy proceedings, a federal bankruptcy judge ruled this…
- Widow of health care worker who died of hepatitis C due workers comp benefits
The widow of a heath care worker who died from complications related to his hepatitis C is entitled to benefits despite the fact that the man received a blood transfusion in 1970 that his employer argued could have given him the disease, the Missouri…