Case File When a carpenter suffered a fatal pulmonary embolism and collapsed into shallow water at a jobsite, the key question on appeal was whether the employment created a compensable risk. Simply Research subscribers have […]

Quick Hits As Simply Research readers know, a key step in whether a worker has a workers' compensation claim is determining whether the injury arose out of and in the course of the worker's employment. […]

What Do You Think? Employees seeking workers’ compensation benefits may sometimes feel their injury is compensable simply because it happened at work during work hours. But as a case involving a seamstress for law enforcement […]

What Do You Think? With states generally allowing individuals to carry guns, including at work, an interesting issue is whether a shooting accident at work can trigger a compensable claim. A case involving a claimant […]

What Do You Think? Employees can sustain compensable injuries when they walk from the building where they work to a designated employee parking lot. But what if an employee gets injured when he leaves an […]

What Do You Think? Employers may have to provide workers’ compensation benefits when an employee is injured while driving for the company. But is that also true when an employee is injured solely because he […]

Do You Know the Rule? West Virginia applies the “increased risk” test to determine whether a worker’s injury arises out of employment and is thus potentially compensable. The test helps a decisionmaker determine whether the […]

What Do You Think? Some workers have such stressful jobs that it’s easy to picture their heart stopping at work or at least skipping a beat. But is a heart attack compensable simply because an […]