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Firefighter’s AFib Meets Definition of Heart Disease under Fla. Law
Firefighter’s AFib Meets Definition of Heart Disease under Fla. Law

Case File A Florida appellate court ruled that atrial fibrillation qualifies as "heart disease" under Florida's firefighter heart-lung presumption statute, allowing a firefighter to invoke the presumption even though the condition did not involve vascular […]
Ky. Top Court Upholds Impairment Rating Despite Minor Deviation from AMA Guides
Ky. Top Court Upholds Impairment Rating Despite Minor Deviation from AMA Guides

Case File Although a doctor's 10% impairment rating of an injured Kentucky coal worker fell between Category II and Category III in the AMA Guides, the doctor's slight deviation of between 2% and 5% wasn't […]
Worker’s Failure to File Required Physician Certification Defeats Claim for Extraordinary Benefits
Worker’s Failure to File Required Physician Certification Defeats Claim for Extraordinary Benefits

Case File When a Tennessee worker sought extraordinary benefits, his failure to produce the requisite documentation undid his claim. Case Burkes v. Sysco Knoxville, LLC, No. E2025-02007-SC-R3-WC (Tenn. 10/22/26) What Happened? A worker for a […]
D.C. Workers with Scheduled Injuries may Qualify for Permanent Total Disability Wage-Loss Benefits
D.C. Workers with Scheduled Injuries may Qualify for Permanent Total Disability Wage-Loss Benefits

Case File In a matter of first impression, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals held that a claimant who suffers permanent total disability from an injury to a scheduled body part is not limited […]
Idaho Top Court Finds Right to Control Test Applies to Worker’s Faulty Railing Lawsuit
Idaho Top Court Finds Right to Control Test Applies to Worker’s Faulty Railing Lawsuit

Case File Because the lower court failed to determine whether the alleged tortfeasor was an employee or an independent contractor under Idaho's right to control test, the Idaho Supreme Court sent the case back for […]
N.Y. Court Finds Enough Medical Evidence to Award Benefits to School Bus Driver’s Estate
N.Y. Court Finds Enough Medical Evidence to Award Benefits to School Bus Driver’s Estate

Case File While questions swirled of whether a school bus driver had a heart attack before or after he collided with other vehicles, medical evidence was sufficient to support a finding that impact came before […]
Donkey-Wrangling-Related Heart Attack Yields Workers’ Comp. Benefits for N.Y. Carpenter
Donkey-Wrangling-Related Heart Attack Yields Workers’ Comp. Benefits for N.Y. Carpenter

Case File A New York carpenter helped his boss wrangle a donkey into a shed and then had a heart attack. Because it was related to the carpenter's job and the employer missed the deadline […]
Heart Rhythm Hiccups Support Fla. Firefighter’s Heart-Lung Claim
Heart Rhythm Hiccups Support Fla. Firefighter’s Heart-Lung Claim

Case File A firefighter’s heart-rhythm disorders qualified as “heart disease” under Florida’s heart-lung statute, the Florida First District Court of Appeal held. This entitled the firefighter to the statute’s presumption that the injuries arose out […]