Charleston, WV (WorkersCompensation.com) -- What happens in West Virginia when a doctor thinks an injured worker needs a second MRI, but the claims administrator disagrees? If Stewart v. Wolseley Investments Inc., No. 22-0215 (W. Va. […]

Austin, TX (WorkersCompensation.com) -- In Texas, when it comes to workers' compensation coverage for government employees and employees of political subdivisions, state law sets forth offsets against payment for incapacity, as the following chart breaks […]

Fall River, MA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- The trade off that comes with workers' compensation benefits typically means that an injured worker who settles a claim can't turn around and sue in tort for the same injury. […]

Charleston, WV (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Whether medication is necessary is a medical decision, but for workers' compensation purposes, it is also a legal question, often with a court having the final say. For example, in Becca […]

Las Vegas, NV (WorkersCompensation.com) -- In Nevada, form C-4, Employee's Claim for Compensation/Report of Initial Treatment, grants authorization for the disclosure of medical or other pertinent information with an original signature or digital signature. Here […]

Los Angeles, CA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- There is federal law that governs what happens on navigable waters, but when does it apply to workers' compensation law? Such was the question a California appellate court recently tackled […]

Overruling Simendinger v. National Union Fire Insurance Co., 74 A.3d 609 (Del. 2013), the Delaware Supreme Court decided that the state's workers' compensation law expressly allowed an employer and carrier to assert a subrogation lien […]

Tacoma, WA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Knowing who a "worker" is can be an important part of a workers' compensation claim and, by a flip of the coin, so can knowing who is not. In the State […]