Case File The Hawaii Supreme Court found that medical doctors' opinions on a collision didn't cut it when it came to determining whether a worker experienced a compensable injury. Simply Research subscribers have access to […]

What Do You Think? Employers may have to provide workers’ compensation benefits when an employee is injured while driving for the company. But is that also true when an employee is injured solely because he […]

Case File Can persistent, high-risk exposure to a disease in the workplace culminating in infection constitute a compensable accident under New York's Workers' Compensation Law? As Simply Research subscribers know, it can and did for […]

Do You Know the Rule? West Virginia applies the “increased risk” test to determine whether a worker’s injury arises out of employment and is thus potentially compensable. The test helps a decisionmaker determine whether the […]

What Do You Think? Imagine that an Alabama employee has a host of medical conditions that put him at risk for injury. If one of those conditions causes him to have an accident, can he still obtain […]

What Do You Think? An employee can have a compensable claim when he was injured doing an ordinary activity at work that is not really job-related–such as walking. But he'll generally have to show that […]

What Do You Think? If an employee gets hurt on the way to work, or on the way home, the injury is generally not compensable. But what happens when the employee is hurt on the […]

What Do You Think? An employee is generally covered by workers’ compensation if he’s injured while on his employer’s premises. But what if he’s injured on the road after his workday ends?  That was the […]