Case File When a retired firefighter realized that her health insurance benefits had run out due to her disability, she sued under the ADA but ran into a roadblock on the issue of whether she […]

Case File When it comes to latent disease cases, the Washington Supreme Court did away with a decade-old precedent case to hold that an employer's virtual certainty that disease will occur satisfies the "actual knowledge" […]

Case File A worker lost his life due to an accident while working on the New Jersey turnpike, but the court didn't find enough to show that the employer committed "willful" violations for purposes of […]

Case File A New York teacher had some challenges with asthma, but were they enough that he could stop coming to work or did he voluntary remove himself from employment? Simply Research subscribers have access […]

Do You Know the Rule? In Illinois, an employer may face a penalty in amount of up to 50 percent of the employee’s original award if the employer unreasonably fails to pay the employee's workers’ […]

Do You Know the Rule? The main category of compensable injury in Arkansas occurs as a result of a “specific incident.” Claimants have to establish four elements to succeed on such a claim. How does […]

Do You Know the Rule? If an employee wants to sue an employer for personal injuries based on a work-related accident, she is generally out of luck. The Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Act is the exclusive […]

Glossary Check A key to workers' compensation coverage is knowing who an "employee" is for applicable workers' compensation law. To find that information across the U.S., you can turn to Simply Research. Here's an example […]