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What’s the Latest Case on Simply Research?
What’s the Latest Case on Simply Research?

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Exclusive Remedy Knocks Out Mass. Worker’s Claims
Exclusive Remedy Knocks Out Mass. Worker’s Claims

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 […]
Captives 101: Regulatory and Legal Considerations in Captive Insurance 
Captives 101: Regulatory and Legal Considerations in Captive Insurance 

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. […]
Worker Can’t Tack on ADA Retaliation Charge to Claims
Worker Can’t Tack on ADA Retaliation Charge to Claims

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 […]
Soccer Player Scores Second Look at Knee Injury Claim
Soccer Player Scores Second Look at Knee Injury Claim

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 […]
Ky. Top Court Upholds ALJ’s Psychological Impairment Conclusion
Ky. Top Court Upholds ALJ’s Psychological Impairment Conclusion

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 […]
Texas Employer Shows Policy Met State Exclusivity Rules on Worker’s Suit
Texas Employer Shows Policy Met State Exclusivity Rules on Worker’s Suit

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 […]
What is the ‘Idiopathic Fall Doctrine’ in Utah?
What is the ‘Idiopathic Fall Doctrine’ in Utah?

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 […]