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What Do You Think? Courts generally weigh multiple factors when determining whether an injured employee is unable to return to work for purposes of a PTD award. A Kentucky case involving a hospital nurse illustrates […]

Can You Solve The Case? Part II The Clues and the Conclusion If you selected A, you agreed with the court in Smith v. Campbell Industries, Inc., No. 2024-CA-0348 (La. Ct. App. 02/11/25). There was no doubt that […]

Can You Solve the Case? A case involving a P.I. caught in the act and an employee with a back injury illustrates the importance of accurate surveillance reports when using video to establish workers’ compensation […]

What Do You Think? An employer generally has discretion to choose among reasonable accommodations for purposes of ADA compliance. A case involving a Maryland pest control technician for Orkin addresses the question of whether putting […]

When an employee of a West Virginia company is injured while working in another state, which state pays? As one case shows, this tends to hinge on how long the claimant worked in the other […]

What Do You Think? There are circumstances where an employee can have a stroke at home and collect workers’ compensation benefits. But as a case involving a stressed-out teacher shows, the employee will have to […]