Compliance Corner Across the states, whether or not mental injuries "count" for workers' compensation purposes varies, but that's where a reference tool like Simply Research can help sort out what each state says. Here are […]

What Do You Think? Can a carrier that blows by a statutory deadline face a bad faith claim even if the worker ultimately isn’t entitled to benefits? An Arizona case addressed whether a carrier’s handling […]

Compliance Corner If you're in Florida and need an expert medical adviser, would you know for whom to look and what that person could do once you found her? Thanks to Simply Research, you can, […]

Document File Oklahoma's attorney general spelled out just what "annual obligations" meant when it came to the state's Multiple Injury Trust Fund. Document In re Question Submitted by Kannad, No. 2026 OK AG 14 (Okla. […]

Case File After receiving workers' compensation benefits (even if they weren't as much as she wanted) for injuries sustained in a workplace fall, a law professor was barred from pursuing a negligence action against her […]

Case File When a carrier accused a bricklayer of concealing prior injuries, the Workers' Compensation Board found the evidence failed to establish that the prior insurance claims actually involved the claimant. Case Matter of Loja-Saula […]

What Do You Think? Can the cumulative stress of long hours and frequent work travel turn a worker’s fatal cardiac event into a compensable workers’ compensation claim? What if the worker already had significant heart […]

What Do You Think? Workers’ compensation is the exclusive remedy for a workplace injury that arises out of and occurs in the course of employment. A recent case addresses whether the exclusivity rule protects Tennessee […]