Seattle, WA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Can a worker in the State of Washington bring someone with them to an independent medical examination? The answer is yes, and here are the rules for when a worker has […]

Hartford, CT (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Sometimes when something has to be "filed" by a certain date, the law will say that dropping it in the mail is good enough to meet the deadline. However, as a […]

Salem, OR (WorkersCompensation.com) -- For readers fortunate enough to have access to Simply Research, a case popped up on that site last week that has important information on how IMEs work in Oregon. The case, […]

Austin, TX (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Those who checked out last week's Compliance Corner on accident prevent requires in Texas learned that insurance companies writing workers' compensation insurance in the Lone Star State must maintain or provide […]

Minneapolis, MN (WorkersCompensation.com) -- What does it take for a worker in Minnesota to establish that she experienced PTSD because of her job? That was the question the state's top court faced in Tea v. […]

St. Paul, MN (WorkersCompensation.com) -- A bedrock principle in workers' compensation law is that benefits are may be due when an "employee" is injured on the job. So just who exactly is an employee? Here's […]

Austin, TX (WorkersCompensation.com) -- An insurance company writing workers' compensation insurance in Texas must maintain or provide accident prevention facilities that are adequate to provide accident prevention services required by the nature of its policyholders' […]

Columbia, SC (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Can an ergonomics report determine whether an employee suffered a repetitive stress injury without any evidence from a doctor to weigh in on the individual nuances of a claim? According to […]