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State Snapshot BASIC RULE In Oregon, the sole remedy for an employee who suffers injury, death, or an occupational disease in the course and scope of employment is workers’ compensation. ORS 656.018. This means that […]

State Snapshot BASIC RULE In Utah, workers’ compensation is an employee’s exclusive remedy for work-related injuries or occupational diseases. Utah Code § 34A-2-105. This means that the employee cannot sue the employer in tort (where […]

What Do You Think? An employer may be able to deny a workers’ compensation claim by showing that the employee never reported the injury. But what does reporting an injury entail? An Arizona case involving […]

What Do You Think? The exclusivity rule protects employers from injured workers’ negligence lawsuits and from potentially large money judgments. But what if an employer assigns an employee to temporarily work for another company? Can […]

What Do You Think? An employer who intentionally harms an employee can end up facing a personal injury lawsuit despite having worker’s compensation coverage. A case involving a steel mill worker in New Jersey who […]

What Do You Think? Stabbing an employee may seem like an overreaction to finding out she is out of your favorite donut. In fact it’s hard to see how the event relates to the job […]