The Trained A-Eye A New Jersey attorney "glibly" relied on AI and cited four non-existent cases. When confronted about the hallucinations, his response "stunned" the court. Case AmTrust North America v. Liberty Mutual Ins. Co., […]

Glossary Check Under Kansas law, the disablement or death of an employee resulting from an occupational disease "shall be treated as the happening of an injury by accident," thus entitled the employee or her dependents […]

What Do You Think? In Tennessee, a heart attack at work may be compensable if it is precipitated by an unusual event. But how unusual does it have to be? Are we talking about a […]

Glossary Check In Missouri, workers' compensation claims must have an "occupational disease" with a certain type of "prevailing factor" to be compensable. What do those terms mean? As Simply Research subscribers know, Show Me State […]

What Do You Think (times two)? When an employee is sent to work across state lines and is injured there, the determination of which state’s law applies can dramatically impact the employer’s liability. Employers need to […]

What Do You Think? The exclusivity rule immunizes employers from most personal injury lawsuits. But it does not save them from having to initially use their legal resources to try and get a personal injury […]

Case File Because a bankruptcy court granted a worker's trustee's motion to reopen his bankruptcy case specifically to administer his negligence action against his employer as an asset, and the worker's disclosure of the negligence […]

What Do You Think? The exclusive remedy rule protects employers who carry workers’ compensation coverage from most personal injury lawsuits. A New York case involving a porter who injured his hand reaching into an elevator […]