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Know Differences Between Workers’ Comp Types

Published on Tue Aug 26, 2025

Question: A patient has come to our practice for an injury sustained during their work as a harbor worker. When they scheduled their appointment, they said the reason for the visit was related to workers’ compensation, but I just found out that harbor workers have their own compensation act. Our scheduler did not know whether to ask about maritime-specific injuries [...]
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