Case File A worker's hand was crushed by a 2,500-pound check valve during a plant turnaround project. Could he avoid Louisiana workers' compensation exclusivity by alleging an intentional tort and suing the plant owner? Case […]

Case File An Oregon worker injured in a collision with an ODOT snowplow could not pursue a negligence claim against the state despite arguing that the statutory bar violated the Oregon Constitution's Remedy Clause. The […]

Case File Although a North Carolina corporation was cited for a previous heat-related death, its failure to follow a series of steps that could have prevented a worker's heatstroke didn't show "intentional" conduct sufficient to […]

Case File When a fire inspector/firefighter attempted to claim that he was traveling from one inspection site to another, an email and a map conspired to defeat his argument that he was on the clock […]

Case File Suspension of a workers' compensation claim during the period in which the claimant fails to cooperate is the only available sanction when an employee obstructs an Independent Medical Examination. The Utah Supreme Court […]

Case File Although the Massachusetts insurance commissioner was entitled to depart from WCRIB's ratemaking methodology, he failed to adequately explain how he arrived at a 14.6% rate decrease. Case Workers' Compensation Rating and Inspection Bureau […]

Case File When is a workplace assault compensable under Florida's Workers' Compensation Law? When the work environment exposes the worker to an increased risk of assault. Case Bouayad v. Normandy Ins. Co., No. SC2023-1576 (Fla. […]

Case File The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi held that a workers' compensation claimant must fully exhaust all administrative remedies before filing a bad faith or breach of good faith and […]