Conference Preview At next month's CLM Work Comp Conference, attendees have the chance to attend "Mastering Workers Compensation: Strategic Litigation, Claims Resolution, and High-Value IME Deployment" with Sarah Thomas of Jones Jones. We were lucky […]

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 […]

Compliance Corner When a worker gets hurt on the job, what do Maryland employers have to report and when do they have to report it? Simply Research users have access to that info, which varies […]

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 […]

Compliance Corner What does New Mexico law spell out for the workers' compensation utilization review process? Simply Research subscribers have that information at their fingertips, but we highlight some key points here. Referral Process (a) […]

What Do You Think? Employees injured at work normally cannot sue a company for negligence and obtain money damages. The “exclusive remedy rule” limits them to workers’ compensation benefits. But there is an exception if […]

Compliance Corner For anyone presenting exhibits into evidence in Nebraska workers' compensation case, the Cornhusker State sets out a series of steps to follow. As Simply Research subscribers know, those steps are as follows. Marking […]

Workers' Comp Playbook (1) Soft Fraud Deserves Attention in Workers’ Compensation  Soft fraud remains one of the most misunderstood cost drivers in workers’ compensation. That misunderstanding often begins with how fraud itself is defined, because soft […]