Atlanta, GA (WorkersCompensation.com) – Generally, Georgia’s exclusivity provision prevents an employee from suing a coworker for negligence if the injury occurred while the coworker was acting in the course of employment. But what if the […]

Albany, NY (workerscompensation.com) -- When an employee is assaulted at work, most employers hope to show that the victim’s injuries are covered under the state’s workers’ compensation act. That way, workers’ compensation is the victim’s […]

Fairfax, VA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- One might think fishing in Florida on vacation and workers' compensation benefits don't go together, but life has a way of changing the nature of workplace injuries. Such was the case […]

Benwood, WV (WorkersCompensation.com) – When there’s reason to suspect a worker’s injury report is more akin to a work of fiction, it helps to have witnesses’ statements that were created on the day of or […]

Waterbury, CT (WorkersCompensation.com) -- If a worker tries to shorten his commute by bringing necessary items for his job home with him, is that for his benefit or his employer's? According to the court in […]

Goshen, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) – In New York, the state’s Worker’s Compensation Law bars fellow employees from suing one another for negligence or wrongful death. As one case shows, however, whether two employees work for the […]

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Every now and then when you're meandering through some legal research on workers' compensation and what courts have decided, you come across something that stands out. Take the case of an […]

Minneapolis, MN (WorkersCompensation.com) -- What bearing could cocaine have on an employee's work-related injury? It depends on whether the employee was "intoxicated" at the time of the accident, and as was on display in Morales […]