Case File A Florida appellate court ruled that atrial fibrillation qualifies as "heart disease" under Florida's firefighter heart-lung presumption statute, allowing a firefighter to invoke the presumption even though the condition did not involve vascular […]

State Snapshot BASIC RULE In Colorado, workers’ compensation generally is an employee’s exclusive legal remedy against an employer for injuries arising out of and in the course of employment. Colo. Rev. Stat. §§ 8-41-102 and […]

Case File Although a doctor's 10% impairment rating of an injured Kentucky coal worker fell between Category II and Category III in the AMA Guides, the doctor's slight deviation of between 2% and 5% wasn't […]

Case File When a Tennessee worker sought extraordinary benefits, his failure to produce the requisite documentation undid his claim. Case Burkes v. Sysco Knoxville, LLC, No. E2025-02007-SC-R3-WC (Tenn. 10/22/26) What Happened? A worker for a […]

What Do You Think? An injury an employee sustains at a mandatory workplace event is typically compensable. But what happens if the event is accompanied by a voluntary activity? Can an employee hurt during that […]

Case File In a matter of first impression, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals held that a claimant who suffers permanent total disability from an injury to a scheduled body part is not limited […]

Case File Because the lower court failed to determine whether the alleged tortfeasor was an employee or an independent contractor under Idaho's right to control test, the Idaho Supreme Court sent the case back for […]

Case File While questions swirled of whether a school bus driver had a heart attack before or after he collided with other vehicles, medical evidence was sufficient to support a finding that impact came before […]