Glossary Check Workers' compensation fraud might be the kind of thing that you think you know when you see, but state law usually has a definition for it. That's the case in Hawaii, which, as […]

We hope you're having a great summer. If you have a few minutes on July 23 at 1 p.m. Eastern, we're having a Comp & Circumstance gathering. It's our chance to catch, build community, and […]

Bits & Pieces Do you know how taxes on uninsured and self-insured employers in Virginia work? Simply Research subscribers do, but here's a quick look. One half of One Percent For the purpose of providing […]

Compliance Corner When it comes to workers' compensation law in the Bay State, the best way to figure out who's an "employee" might be to go through who isn't one. Simply Research subscribers can do […]

Case File A Nebraska statute spelling out that compensation court judgments and awards have the "same force and effect as a judgment" and that "all proceedings in relation thereto shall ... be the same as […]

Case File When a workers' compensation claimant indulges in fraud, he forfeits his right to obtain benefits, but is the forfeiture retroactive or only after the misrepresentation was made? Case Cousain v. Smitty's Supply, Inc., […]

Case File The Iowa Supreme Court applied the AMA Guides to clarify that the impairment value for a distal clavicle excision didn't get the 25% multiplier from Table 16-18. Case Klein v. Whirlpool Corp., No. […]

Case File According to North Dakota’s top court, judicial estoppel didn’t prevent WSI from pursuing subrogation against a worker who received settlement funds from a third party. Case Moos v. North Dakota Workforce Safety and […]