Case File After a teacher experienced a serious eye injury at the hands of a violent student, her request for benefits later on hit twin snags in the form of a legal doctrine and a […]

Case File While a worker injured on the job didn't present evidence regarding whether Washington, D.C.'s exclusive remedy rules should apply, an appeals court found that the lower court was too hasty in deciding that […]

Case File How important can a second opinion report be in a federal workers' compensation case? A recent decision, the full text of which is available to Simply Research subscribers, spells it out. Case B.C. […]

Case File When a claimant tried to use a statutory limit on expert witness fees to keep testimony out of a workers compensation proceeding, he learned that the money charged could go to questions of […]

Case File When a worker died on the job, the employer where he was conducting his work at the time claimed that, as his statutory employer, it was immune from a lawsuit thanks to the […]

Case File Whether a second injury warranted setting aside a new award required a look at the evidence. Simply Research subscribers have access to the full text of the case. Case Lehet v. Roofers Advantage […]

Case File A New York worker couldn't make ends meet, but as Simply Research subscribers know from the full text of her case, that didn't mean she fit the bill for "extreme financial hardship" in […]

Case File Work is stressful—sometimes very stressful. But an employee is unlikely to have a compensable claim based on stress alone. Instead, she’ll have to show that stress was out of the ordinary—greater than what […]