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Could Maintenance Worker who Lost Finger Violating Safety Rules get Benefits?
Could Maintenance Worker who Lost Finger Violating Safety Rules get Benefits?

What Do You Think? Does violating a safety rule at work mean the resulting injury isn’t compensable? Sometimes. A case involving a maintenance man for a milk manufacturing company whose finger was partially amputated addresses […]
N.H. Finds Evidence Points to ‘Personal Risk’ as Cause of Worker’s Death
N.H. Finds Evidence Points to ‘Personal Risk’ as Cause of Worker’s Death

Case File When a carpenter suffered a fatal pulmonary embolism and collapsed into shallow water at a jobsite, the key question on appeal was whether the employment created a compensable risk. Simply Research subscribers have […]
Provision of Benefits Tolls Statute of Limitations, allowing Fla. Teacher’s PFB to Advance
Provision of Benefits Tolls Statute of Limitations, allowing Fla. Teacher’s PFB to Advance

Case File Because the term "toll" meant to "suspend, stop temporarily, or abate the limitations period," rather than extend a discrete one-year period to file additional claims, a Florida teacher's receipt of benefits stopped the […]
Ohio Top Court Sends Case Back to see if ‘Not Working’ was ‘Direct Result’ of Worker’s Injury
Ohio Top Court Sends Case Back to see if ‘Not Working’ was ‘Direct Result’ of Worker’s Injury

Case File For an Ohio school worker who had a filing cabinet fall on her, it was unclear whether she was "not working" because she was taking the summer off or because of injury. Simply […]
Was Nurse on COVID Front Lines Entitled to Workers’ Compensation Benefits for PTSD?
Was Nurse on COVID Front Lines Entitled to Workers’ Compensation Benefits for PTSD?

What Do You Think? In Virginia, an “ordinary disease of life,” such as the flu or COVID-19 is not compensable unless evidence directly links it to the claimant’s work. A case involving a nurse whose […]
Lack of Medical Necessity Scrubs Injured Fla. Worker’s Push for N.Y. Family Vacation
Lack of Medical Necessity Scrubs Injured Fla. Worker’s Push for N.Y. Family Vacation

Case File While a trip to New York to visit family might have boosted an injured worker's mental health, because it wasn't a trip to the doctor, it didn't count as "medically necessary" under Florida's […]
Exclusive Remedy in Mississippi
Exclusive Remedy in Mississippi

State Snapshot BASIC RULE Workers’ compensation is an employee’s exclusive remedy for injuries that arise out of employment and occur in the course of employment. Mississippi Code § 71-3-9. This means that the employee may […]
Hit by Truck while Jogging, Walmart Worker’s Acceptance of Comp Thwarts Tort Action
Hit by Truck while Jogging, Walmart Worker’s Acceptance of Comp Thwarts Tort Action

Case File When a Walmart worker got hit by a truck while jogging off the clock in the parking lot, was it a work-related injury and did his acceptance of workers' compensation benefits matter? Simply […]