Courts & Compliance Like quite a few states across the country, New Jersey's Workers' Compensation Act contains an exclusive remedy provision under which employees relinquish their right to pursue common-law remedies -- in other words, […]

What Do You Think? In Arkansas, depending on an injured worker's age, education, and experience, she may be entitled to permanent partial disability benefits in excess of her percentage of permanent physical impairment. A recent case […]

Case File A railroad worker fell on to the tracks while trying to board a moving train when he bumped in a sign that was too close under state law, but the trial court erred […]

On May 29, 2025, the Supreme Court of Washington, in Cockrum v. C.H. Murphy/Clark-Ullman, Inc., revised the standard that applies when employees afflicted by latent diseases seek to hold their employers liable outside of the workers […]

Case File When a worker for a contractor was injured on Jim Beam's premises, could the bourbon distiller-cum-tourist attraction claim protection under Kentucky's "up-the-ladder defense"? Simply Research subscribers have access to the full text of […]

Federal Focus After a drunken, fully clothed splash in the pool and passing out in his hotel room, a federal worker died overnight, leaving medical questions about what his cause of death was. Simply Research […]

Case File Did not meeting a 20-day deadline require a reduction in benefits? Simply Research subscribers have access to the full text of the decision. Case Juncal v. Maspeth Remodeling, No. CV-23-2242 (N.Y. App. Div. […]

Case File Is incapacity something that a workers' compensation court or a district court should handle in Minnesota? According to the state's top court, the answer comes down to the question of whether it's an […]