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What Do You Think: Was Head-on Collision after Leaving Fire Camp in Course of Employment?
What Do You Think: Was Head-on Collision after Leaving Fire Camp in Course of Employment?

Brownsville, CA (WorkersCompensation.com) – Whether a commercial traveler carrying out a personal errand is on the clock for workers’ compensation purposes depends on the circumstances. One case highlights a variety of ingredients that informed a […]
What Do You Think: Was Walmart Worker’s Injury Description too Fishy to Hook Benefits?
What Do You Think: Was Walmart Worker’s Injury Description too Fishy to Hook Benefits?

Moundsville, WV (WorkersCompensation.com) – An employee may not obtain workers’ compensation benefits for an injury unless he can show it occurred in the course of employment. A case involving a Walmart worker addresses a situation […]
What Do You Think: Was Nurse Liaison’s COVID-19 too Common to be ‘Occupational Disease’?
What Do You Think: Was Nurse Liaison’s COVID-19 too Common to be ‘Occupational Disease’?

Omaha, NE (WorkersCompensation.com) – In Nebraska, an ordinary disease of life that everyone is exposed to, such as the flu, is generally not a compensable occupational disease. But what if the disease goes from being […]
Do You Know the Rule? Wash. IME Accompanying Person
Do You Know the Rule? Wash. IME Accompanying Person

Seattle, WA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Can a worker in the State of Washington bring someone with them to an independent medical examination? The answer is yes, and here are the rules for when a worker has […]
‘Mailbox Rule’ doesn’t Save Conn. Employer from Filing Deadline
‘Mailbox Rule’ doesn’t Save Conn. Employer from Filing Deadline

Hartford, CT (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Sometimes when something has to be "filed" by a certain date, the law will say that dropping it in the mail is good enough to meet the deadline. However, as a […]
Case Lesson: When is a Denial Based on an IME in Oregon?
Case Lesson: When is a Denial Based on an IME in Oregon?

Salem, OR (WorkersCompensation.com) -- For readers fortunate enough to have access to Simply Research, a case popped up on that site last week that has important information on how IMEs work in Oregon. The case, […]
Social Worker’s Evidence Connects Details of Client’s Murdering Someone to Job-related PTSD
Social Worker’s Evidence Connects Details of Client’s Murdering Someone to Job-related PTSD

Minneapolis, MN (WorkersCompensation.com) -- What does it take for a worker in Minnesota to establish that she experienced PTSD because of her job? That was the question the state's top court faced in Tea v. […]
Glossary Check: The Meaning of ‘Employee’ in Minnesota
Glossary Check: The Meaning of ‘Employee’ in Minnesota

St. Paul, MN (WorkersCompensation.com) -- A bedrock principle in workers' compensation law is that benefits are may be due when an "employee" is injured on the job. So just who exactly is an employee? Here's […]