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State Snapshot BASIC RULE Workers’ compensation is an employee’s exclusive remedy for injuries that arise out of employment and occur in the course of employment. Mississippi Code § 71-3-9. This means that the employee may […]

What Do You Think? New York employees who suffer psychological injuries can obtain workers’ compensation benefits for those injuries. But they generally have to show they faced extraordinary stress at work. A case involving a […]

What Do You Think? When determining disability benefits based on an employee’s average weekly wages, judges typically include salary, commissions, and bonuses. A recent Kentucky Supreme Court addresses whether an employee’s mileage reimbursement should be […]

What Do You Think? The reimbursability of marijuana in workers’ compensation varies from state to state. But what about under federal worker’s compensation law? The case of a former maritime employee with chronic pain who […]

What Do You Think? The exclusive remedy provision protects employers with workers’ compensation coverage from being sued for negligence by their employees. If an employee dies during work, does that protection always extend to lawsuits […]

BASIC RULE Workers’ compensation is an employee’s exclusive remedy for injuries that arise out of employment and occur in the course of employment. KRS 342.690(1). This means that the employee cannot sue the employer in […]