What Do You Think? Employees generally must file for workers’ compensation in the state where their employer is located and where they work. But what if the employee sometimes works in the office and sometimes […]
Webinar Wrap Up What's going on in Florida workers' compensation? A recent WCRI webinar covered trends, costs, and, as you might expect for the Sunshine State, the role of hot temperatures in workplace injuries. Medical […]
Compliance Corner Putting together a self-insurance association in the Hawkeye State and not quite sure where to start? Simply Research has the compliance knowledge in Iowa and the rest of the U.S., and we highlight […]
Case File The Alaska Supreme Court held that the failure timely request cross examination of doctors who filed medical reports in a workers' compensation case resulted in an employer's waiving its opportunity to cross examine. […]
Compliance Corner What does it mean for a worker who experiences employment-related aggravation of preexisting condition that is not employment related? What about when the worker experiences aggravation of an employment-related injury by incident that […]
Caselaw Roundup For those who read about the Florida worker who ran into statute of limitations troubles on his workers' compensation claim learned that a pending request for attorney's fees wouldn't toll, or pause, the […]
Case File An employee's initial petition for benefits, which was later voluntarily dismissed before the employer's acceptance of compensability or adjudication of any entitlement to compensation or medical benefits did not continue to toll the […]
Case File Although she had been using it for 30 years, a school worker's use of hydrocodone was non-compensable for treatment of her work-related injury. Simply Research subscribers have access to the full text of […]