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Ohio Prison Worker’s Claim Hinges on Whether she had an Unexplained Fall 
Ohio Prison Worker’s Claim Hinges on Whether she had an Unexplained Fall 

Grafton, OH (WorkersCompensation.com) – Sometimes people just fall at work and it’s not clear why. The question then becomes what standard to apply to determine whether the resulting injury arose out of employment.  A case […]
Nev. Top Court Rules Subrogees May Collect on Third Party Settlement Proceeds
Nev. Top Court Rules Subrogees May Collect on Third Party Settlement Proceeds

Case File In overruling a precedent case, the Nevada Supreme Court granted that workers' compensation insurers may assess the total proceeds of a third-party settlement with an injured worker, regardless of whether the proceeds are […]
What’s the Latest Case on Simply Research?
What’s the Latest Case on Simply Research?

Tips & Tricks Why would we cover a 1995 case? Maybe it's good law and good knowledge.
Ky. Top Court Upholds ALJ’s Psychological Impairment Conclusion
Ky. Top Court Upholds ALJ’s Psychological Impairment Conclusion

Case File A contingent MMI finding regarding a worker's psychological injury was a reasonable basis for an ALJ to set a 20% impairment rating despite other evidence showing a conflicting possibility. Simply Research subscribers have […]
How Can You Find the Latest Cases on Simply Research?
How Can You Find the Latest Cases on Simply Research?

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Miss. Top Court Allows Worker to Keep Disputed $3K from Settlement with Building Owner
Miss. Top Court Allows Worker to Keep Disputed $3K from Settlement with Building Owner

Hattiesburg, MS (WorkersCompensation.com) -- When litigation overlaps with a workers' compensation claim, what rights do employers, carriers, and TPAs have when a worker settles her case. In Brent v. Mississippi Department of Human Services, No. […]
Do You Know the Rule? N.Y. Presumption of Compensability for Workplace Assaults
Do You Know the Rule? N.Y. Presumption of Compensability for Workplace Assaults

Albany, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) -- In New York, it’s presumed that an injury which occurs in the course of work also arises out of employment and is thus compensable under the state’s workers’ compensation law. That […]
Tenn. Exclusive Remedy Bars Sales Rep’s Tort Claim
Tenn. Exclusive Remedy Bars Sales Rep’s Tort Claim

Gallatin, TN (WorkersCompensation.com) -- It's a bedrock principle of the "exclusive remedy" rule that the "Grand Bargain" provides that an employee injured on the job must seek benefits through the workers' compensation system rather than […]