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Could Widow Show Nuclear Sub Worker’s Job Stress Launched Fatal Heart Attack?
Could Widow Show Nuclear Sub Worker’s Job Stress Launched Fatal Heart Attack?

What Do You Think? Can the cumulative stress of long hours and frequent work travel turn a worker’s fatal cardiac event into a compensable workers’ compensation claim? What if the worker already had significant heart […]
Could Worker Allegedly Hit on by Manager Sue Employer for Negligence?
Could Worker Allegedly Hit on by Manager Sue Employer for Negligence?

What Do You Think? Workers’ compensation is the exclusive remedy for a workplace injury that arises out of and occurs in the course of employment. A recent case addresses whether the exclusivity rule protects Tennessee […]
Did Tweak to Safety Guard Leading to Finger Amputation Point to Tort Action?
Did Tweak to Safety Guard Leading to Finger Amputation Point to Tort Action?

What Do You Think? Can adjusting a safety guard on a piece of equipment ever constitute an intentional act, thus exposing an employer to personal injury claims? A case involving a worker for a box […]
Paying Relocation Expenses Doesn’t Expose Exxon to Liability for Employee’s Commuting Accident
Paying Relocation Expenses Doesn’t Expose Exxon to Liability for Employee’s Commuting Accident

Case File The Louisiana Supreme Court ruled that Exxon was not liable for injuries caused by an employee who was involved in a motor vehicle accident while driving to work after relocating at the company's […]
Did Repeatedly Nudging Worker to get COVID-19 Vax Make Resulting Injury Compensable?
Did Repeatedly Nudging Worker to get COVID-19 Vax Make Resulting Injury Compensable?

What Do You Think? Is an injury from a vaccine compensable even if the employer didn’t require staff to get vaccinated? What if the employer merely encouraged its staff to get vaccinated? Those questions arose […]
Did Seeing 4 Physicians Comply with Illinois’ 2-Physician Rule?
Did Seeing 4 Physicians Comply with Illinois’ 2-Physician Rule?

What Do You Think? Does two plus two ever equal two? In Illinois, it may. Illinois employers and workers compensation carriers need to know about the “the two physicians” rule. A recent case involving a […]
Did Icy Freezer Floor let Worker Skate into Court with Tort Lawsuit?
Did Icy Freezer Floor let Worker Skate into Court with Tort Lawsuit?

What Do You Think? A company allegedly fails to fix a leak in a warehouse freezer section, turning it into an “ice skating rink.” Predictably, one of its employees falls and seriously injures himself. That […]
Exclusive Remedy in Alaska
Exclusive Remedy in Alaska

State Snapshot BASIC RULE In Alaska, workers’ compensation is an employee’s sole legal remedy for a work-related injury. Alaska Statutes § 23.30.055. This is the “exclusiveness of liability” provision (or “exclusive liability” provision). The rule […]