Case File A Massachusetts worker had punched out and was heading to his car to leave for the day when a coworker plowed into him in an employer-owned vehicle. The exclusive remedy provisions of Massachusetts […]

Captive insurance programs offer businesses flexibility and control over their risk management strategies. Still, they also come with strict regulatory and legal responsibilities. Compliance with the regulatory framework is essential to a captive's long-term success. […]

Case File An Arkansas worker came up short in his attempt to add ADA retaliation charges related to his workers' compensation claim due to rules related to exhausting administrative remedies as well as the exclusive […]

Case File A professional soccer player injured her knee while playing in 2001 or 2002, but in 2015 she began experiencing problems with the other knee, something she attributed to having to walk different because […]

Case File A contingent MMI finding regarding a worker's psychological injury was a reasonable basis for an ALJ to set a 20% impairment rating despite other evidence showing a conflicting possibility. Simply Research subscribers have […]

Case File Although a worker tried to claim that his Texas employer didn't have the right kind of workers' compensation coverage to satisfy state law in an effort to circumvent the exclusivity remedy defense, evidence […]

Do You Know the Rule? Ogden, UT (WorkersCompensation.com) – In Utah, for the idiopathic fall doctrine to apply, a condition of the employee’s work must actually aggravate the injury the worker sustains. The presence of […]

Case File In Tennessee, an "injury" arises primarily out of and in the course and scope of employment" only if it has been shown by a preponderance of the evidence that the employment contributed more […]