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 […]

What Do You Think? Only employees are entitled to workers’ compensation benefits in Louisiana. Thus, it’s critical for employers to know which factors make a worker an independent contractor, and which ones make him a […]

Key Cases Under Fla. Stat. § 440.42(4), when there is any controversy as to which of two or more carriers is liable for the discharge of the obligations and duties of one or more employers […]

By William Anthony  An increasingly common medical-management issue in workers’ compensation cases arises when treatment of an accepted injury reaches an obstacle that is not the accepted condition itself. An authorized surgeon recommends a knee […]

Case File A New York carpenter helped his boss wrangle a donkey into a shed and then had a heart attack. Because it was related to the carpenter's job and the employer missed the deadline […]