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Could Worker who Filed 8 Days Late get Hearing to Keep Benefits off Chopping Block?
Could Worker who Filed 8 Days Late get Hearing to Keep Benefits off Chopping Block?

What Do You Think? In Arizona, an employer can generally convince a hearing officer to dismiss an employee’s hearing request if the request is untimely. This is the case even when the employer is seeking […]
What is Pennsylvania’s ‘Personal Animus’ Exception?  
What is Pennsylvania’s ‘Personal Animus’ Exception?  

Do You Know The Rule? The general rule in Pennsylvania is that an employee cannot sue his employer for personal injury arising from his employment.  Pennsylvania’s “personal animus” exception makes it possible to sue for […]
Was Oil Rig Worker who Largely Worked Independently a ‘Borrowed Servant’?
Was Oil Rig Worker who Largely Worked Independently a ‘Borrowed Servant’?

What Do You Think? A “borrowed servant” is entitled to workers’ compensation for work-related injuries. When the borrowed servant doctrine applies, it also limits workers’ ability to sue the company that “borrowed” them for negligence […]
Was Post-Retirement Total Incapacity Compensable in Connecticut?
Was Post-Retirement Total Incapacity Compensable in Connecticut?

New Haven, CT (WorkersCompensation.com) – The Connecticut Supreme Court recently addressed whether an employee may obtain workers’ compensation benefits for total incapacity that occurs after he retires. It was the first time the court addressed […]
Was Plumber who Used Car to get to 29 Jobsites ‘Traveling Employee?’
Was Plumber who Used Car to get to 29 Jobsites ‘Traveling Employee?’

What Do You Think? Chicago, IL (WorkersCompensation.com) – Whether a worker is a traveling employee and thus possibly entitled to benefits from a car accident that occurred on the way to work hinges on various factors. […]
Could Arkansas Food Worker Reopen Stale WC Claim?
Could Arkansas Food Worker Reopen Stale WC Claim?

What Do You Think? Phoenix, AZ (WorkersCompensation.com) -- In Arizona, when an ALJ denies a claimant’s request to reopen a workers’ compensation case, the claimant has 90 days to challenge that decision. One case illustrates […]
Did La. Resident Become ‘Travelling Employee’ by Working at Ky. Jobsite?
Did La. Resident Become ‘Travelling Employee’ by Working at Ky. Jobsite?

Maysville, KY (WorkersCompensation.com). The “travelling employee” doctrine allows an employee, in some cases, to collect workers’ compensation benefits for injuries sustained away from the jobsite. A recent Kentucky Supreme Court ruling involving a construction foreman […]
Did Company Need to Pick ADA Accommodation When Welder Asked for FMLA Leave?
Did Company Need to Pick ADA Accommodation When Welder Asked for FMLA Leave?

What Do You Think? Chattanooga, TN (WorkersCompensation.com) – An employer must work with an employee to identify possible accommodations once that worker requests an accommodation under the ADA. But what if the employee merely asks […]