Case File When a manufacturer previously argued before the Industrial Commission that no employment relationship existed with an injured worker, the North Carolina Court of Appeals held it could not later rely on that alleged […]

Case File A Florida appellate court ruled that atrial fibrillation qualifies as "heart disease" under Florida's firefighter heart-lung presumption statute, allowing a firefighter to invoke the presumption even though the condition did not involve vascular […]

Case File Because three doctors concluded that a worker had reached MMI, the Wyoming Supreme Court didn’t find a reason to grant a worker’s request for additional TTD benefits, even though evidence suggested that he […]

Case File When a South Carolina worker took a tumble on her way to check email, the inability to pinpoint what caused her fall didn’t warrant a finding that its origin was idiopathic. Case Judy […]

Case File Although a doctor's 10% impairment rating of an injured Kentucky coal worker fell between Category II and Category III in the AMA Guides, the doctor's slight deviation of between 2% and 5% wasn't […]

Federal Focus A federal employee who suffered permanent anal impairment following a work-related sexual assault won a remand from ECAB after medical evidence raised unresolved questions about whether her condition could support a schedule award […]

Case File When a Tennessee worker sought extraordinary benefits, his failure to produce the requisite documentation undid his claim. Case Burkes v. Sysco Knoxville, LLC, No. E2025-02007-SC-R3-WC (Tenn. 10/22/26) What Happened? A worker for a […]

Case File In a matter of first impression, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals held that a claimant who suffers permanent total disability from an injury to a scheduled body part is not limited […]