Federal Focus Because a federal worker failed to submit rationalized medical evidence establishing a causal link between her accepted injury and her requested prescription medication, ECAB found that OWCP properly denied authorization. Case B.V. and […]

Case File A pharmacy technician's settlement with Walmart, Inc. involved the same subject matter as her claim against the Second Injury Fund and “constitute[d] a final bar to any further rights arising under” the Iowa […]

Case File Because an ALJ didn’t give enough to indicate how a worker could continue doing her clerical job and be unable to work at the same time, the Kentucky Supreme Court thought it best […]

What Do You Think? A child who is a dependent may be entitled to workers’ compensation benefits when a parent dies at work. A case involving a deceased Rite Aid worker with a 29-year-old son […]

What Do You Think? One way employees can get around the exclusive remedy provision and sue an employer in tort for money damages is by showing the employer purposely injured them. But is it enough […]

Federal Focus ECAB remanded a claim involving an alleged adverse reaction to a COVID‑19 vaccination after finding evidence that the agency may have sponsored or required vaccination. Simply Research subscribers have access to the full […]

State Snapshot BASIC RULE In Florida, workers’ compensation is an employee’s exclusive legal remedy for work-related injuries. Florida Statute § 440.11. This means that the injured employee cannot sue the employer for negligence (which might […]

What Do You Think? An injured employee in Illinois may be entitled to workers’ compensation benefits as long as she was not acting intentionally or recklessly. But what if she were injured while driving from […]