Do You Know the Rule? To be compensable, an injury must occur in the course and scope of employment and arise out of employment. ’Under the street-risk rule, an injury that occurs while an employee is […]

Case File A Massachusetts worker sought reemployment under a preference granted by state law, but did the employer have to comply? The full text of the case is on Simply Research. Case Ledoux v. Bristol […]

What Do You Think? Arizona generally gives employees a year from the time of injury to file a workers’ compensation claim. But what if an employee doesn’t know that her illness is the type of […]

What Do You Think? Employees can sustain compensable injuries when they walk from the building where they work to a designated employee parking lot. But what if an employee gets injured when he leaves an […]

Case File When a Florida bus driver made misrepresentations about an injury she experienced in 2021, she lost out on worker's compensation benefits for it. But when she experienced another injury in 2022, for which […]

State Snapshot BASIC RULE In New Hampshire, workers’ compensation is the exclusive legal remedy an employee has for work-related injuries or occupational diseases against their employer and the employer’s insurer. RSA 281-A:8. This means that […]

Case File A Tennessee worker didn't have history showing that her knee arthritis caused problems until a wreck on the job aggravated it. Did that make a difference for her workers' compensation claim? Simply Research […]

What Do You Think? Survivors of Texas employees who die at work can sometimes sue employers for wrongful death. But, no matter how tragic or dramatic the death, they’ll have one especially big hurdle in […]