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 […]

Compliance Corner Under West Virginia workers' compensation law, no alleged injury or disease may be recognized as a compensable injury or disease if it was solely caused by nonphysical means and did not result in […]

What Do You Think? To be compensable, an injury must be caused by the job in some way. A case involving the suicide of a police officer shows how critical expert testimony can be to […]

What Do You Think? To be compensable, an injury must be caused by the job in some way. A case involving the suicide of a police officer shows how critical expert testimony can be to […]