The Connecticut State Senate Wednesday approved a bill to allow police officers to receive worker’s compensation for stress following the use of deadly force on a mammal.

The bill comes after the 2009 killing of a 200-pound pet chimpanzee in Stamford last year, wherein a police officer was forced to shoot the animal after it attacked a number of people.

The officer testified to lawmakers that he suffered post-traumatic stress disorder after the experience but that he was denied worker’s compensation coverage for the incident.

Current law allows an officer to receive worker’s compensation following the shooting of a human, but not an animal. The bill must now pass the House after receiving Senate approval.

The ins and outs of worker’s compensation can be complicated. If you believe you have been injured or suffered from a work related incident and been unjustly excluded from worker’s compensation benefits, contact the New Jersey worker’s compensation attorneys of Levinson Axelrod, P.A., at 800-346-5529.

A 35-year old man from Monroe Township, New Jersey was injured in an accident on a construction site on Thursday. The construction worker was hurt when a bucket that was being connected to a backhoe slid down a 20-foot ditch and pinned him at the bottom. The man was transported to a local hospital for medical attention after fellow workers and firefighters helped get him out of the ditch.

Workplace accidents can have a lasting effect on your life and your finances. If you have been hurt in an accident on the job, contact the New Jersey workers’ compensation attorneys of Levinson Axelrod at 800-346-5529 to discuss your legal options.

The New York Insurance State Fund successfully forced a former Broome County woman to pay nearly $36,000 in restitution for workers’ compensation payments she collected while claiming to be unable to work. The woman was asked to repay the company after she was found working at a Walgreens in Virginia. According to sources familiar with the story, the woman had been collecting workers’ compensation payments for approximately five years.

If you have been injured on the job, you may be eligible for workers’ compensation benefits. It is important to consult an experienced attorney if you have been wrongly denied benefits or if you would like to know more about your legal options. For assistance with your claim, contact the New Jersey workers’ compensation lawyers of Levinson Axelrod at 800-346-5529 today.