Case File Although she had been using it for 30 years, a school worker's use of hydrocodone was non-compensable for treatment of her work-related injury. Simply Research subscribers have access to the full text of […]

Case File Penn State's identifying an open an available job within a worker's vocational and physical capabilities demonstrated an increase in the worker's earning power. Simply Research subscribers have access to the full text of […]

Case File Allegations of forcible rape, revenge porn, and more could not support a negligent supervision action against Fox News due to New York's exclusive remedy provision. Simply Research subscribers have access to the full […]

Case File How specific does an Ohio hearing officer need to be to satisfy state law requiring consideration of a worker's psychiatric conditions? The state's top court found that relying on what the doctors said […]

Case File While workers' compensation law sometimes covers surprising circumstances, a New Jersey case made clear that an inmate's claim about his barbershop job wasn't within the Workers' Compensation Act's reach. Simply Research subscribers have […]

Case File Based on its reading of state law, the Supreme Court of North Dakota determined in an action for unpaid workers' compensation premiums that the owner of a corporation could not be held personally […]

Case File Because the Massachusetts Insurers Insolvency Fund takes over an insolvent insurer's rights and responsibilities under the commonwealth's workers' compensation law, it has a right to collect cost-of-living adjustment reimbursements as the insurer would […]

Case File When a retired firefighter realized that her health insurance benefits had run out due to her disability, she sued under the ADA but ran into a roadblock on the issue of whether she […]