State Snapshot BASIC RULE In Rhode Island, workers’ compensation is an employee’s exclusive legal remedy for work-related injuries. R.I. Gen. Laws § 28-29-20. This means that an injured employee cannot sue his employer in tort […]

Compliance Corner When it comes to providing notice to employees about workers' compensation information, Indiana sets out some rules for employers. As Simply Research subscribers know, those rules are as follows. Basics Each employer subject […]

The Trained A-Eye A New Jersey attorney "glibly" relied on AI and cited four non-existent cases. When confronted about the hallucinations, his response "stunned" the court. Case AmTrust North America v. Liberty Mutual Ins. Co., […]

Glossary Check Under Kansas law, the disablement or death of an employee resulting from an occupational disease "shall be treated as the happening of an injury by accident," thus entitled the employee or her dependents […]

What Do You Think? In Tennessee, a heart attack at work may be compensable if it is precipitated by an unusual event. But how unusual does it have to be? Are we talking about a […]

Glossary Check In Missouri, workers' compensation claims must have an "occupational disease" with a certain type of "prevailing factor" to be compensable. What do those terms mean? As Simply Research subscribers know, Show Me State […]

Bits & Pieces It seems like commonsense that if a worker shows up drunk to the job and gets hurt or experiences an injury from goofing around, he shouldn't receive workers' compensation benefits. But as […]

What Do You Think (times two)? When an employee is sent to work across state lines and is injured there, the determination of which state’s law applies can dramatically impact the employer’s liability. Employers need to […]