Compliance Corner When it comes to average monthly wages in Arizona, what does legislative- and judge-made law say about how to figure amounts and whether an expanded base should be used? We take a look […]

State Snapshot State Snapshot Massachusetts Exclusive Remedy Provision BASIC RULE Workers’ compensation is generally the only remedy available to workers for injuries arising out of and in the course of employment. G. L. c. 152, §§ […]

Case File The Alaska Supreme Court held that the failure timely request cross examination of doctors who filed medical reports in a workers' compensation case resulted in an employer's waiving its opportunity to cross examine. […]

What Do You Think? In Mississippi, a government employer with workers’ compensation insurance usually cannot be sued by an injured employee. State law makes governmental entities immune to such lawsuits.  But what if the employee […]

Caselaw Roundup For those who read about the Florida worker who ran into statute of limitations troubles on his workers' compensation claim learned that a pending request for attorney's fees wouldn't toll, or pause, the […]

Case File An employee's initial petition for benefits, which was later voluntarily dismissed before the employer's acceptance of compensability or adjudication of any entitlement to compensation or medical benefits did not continue to toll the […]

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 In a matter of first impression a Florida appellate court found that Florida statutes' governing procedures for workers' compensation mediation and hearings precluded a challenge to the admissibility of expert medical advisor opinions […]