Case File A worker's hand was crushed by a 2,500-pound check valve during a plant turnaround project. Could he avoid Louisiana workers' compensation exclusivity by alleging an intentional tort and suing the plant owner? Case […]

Case File An Oregon worker injured in a collision with an ODOT snowplow could not pursue a negligence claim against the state despite arguing that the statutory bar violated the Oregon Constitution's Remedy Clause. The […]

Case File Applying its deferential standard of review, the West Virginia Intermediate Court of Appeals affirmed a Board of Review decision finding that a Goodwill employee established a compensable injury after allegedly becoming overheated and […]

Glossary Check When it comes to case management and case managers in Tennessee, what is the terminology and the vocabulary for workers' compensation? Thanks to Simply Research, here's a look. Case Management “Case Management” means […]

Case File Although a North Carolina corporation was cited for a previous heat-related death, its failure to follow a series of steps that could have prevented a worker's heatstroke didn't show "intentional" conduct sufficient to […]

Federal Focus When a Customs and Border Protection officer hurt himself while lifting weights at home during COVID, did his injury occur on or off the job? ECAB weighed in and asked OWCP to get […]

Case File When a fire inspector/firefighter attempted to claim that he was traveling from one inspection site to another, an email and a map conspired to defeat his argument that he was on the clock […]

We hope you'll meet up with us at WCI for the next (and first-ever in-person) installment of Comp & Circumstance. It's happening Monday, Aug. 24, around 5 p.m. near the Starbucks kiosk. See you there!