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Miss. Top Court Allows Worker to Keep Disputed $3K from Settlement with Building Owner
Miss. Top Court Allows Worker to Keep Disputed $3K from Settlement with Building Owner

Hattiesburg, MS (WorkersCompensation.com) -- When litigation overlaps with a workers' compensation claim, what rights do employers, carriers, and TPAs have when a worker settles her case. In Brent v. Mississippi Department of Human Services, No. […]
What Do You Think: Can Amazon Driver Shot by Masked Assailant Collect Workers’ Compensation?
What Do You Think: Can Amazon Driver Shot by Masked Assailant Collect Workers’ Compensation?

Bloomfield, NJ (WorkersCompensation.com) -- It can be challenging to determine whether an act of violence in the workplace “arises out of employment” for workers’ compensation benefits. A New Jersey case illustrates the clues decision-makers in […]
What Do You Think: Was Falling into Hole on Way to Car ‘In Course of Employment?’
What Do You Think: Was Falling into Hole on Way to Car ‘In Course of Employment?’

Kenner, LA (WorkersCompensation.com) – An employee who is done with her work day may not be done with her work day for workers’ compensation purposes. Just because she’s turned off her computer, rinsed out her […]
Do You Know the Rule? Minn. Examinations
Do You Know the Rule? Minn. Examinations

Eagan, MN (WorkersCompensation.com) -- In the North Star State, an injured employee must submit to an examination by the employer's physician if the employer requests it. Here are some other rules regarding examinations in Minnesota. […]
Upcoming Reporting Changes Emphasize Importance of Post-Settlement Workers’ Compensation MSA Administration
Upcoming Reporting Changes Emphasize Importance of Post-Settlement Workers’ Compensation MSA Administration

Shawn Deane General Counsel & Vice President of Claims Solutions | J29 Shawn.Deane@j29inc.com   As previously reported on in www.workerscompensation.com, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) plans to implement Sec. 111 reporting requirements relative […]
Do You Know the Rule? Mich. Limitation of Liability
Do You Know the Rule? Mich. Limitation of Liability

Detroit, MI (WorkersCompensation.com) -- A Michigan rule spells out that no compensation shall be payable for an occupational disease if the employee at the time of entering into the employment of the employer by whom […]
Do You Know the Rule? N.Y. Presumption of Compensability for Workplace Assaults
Do You Know the Rule? N.Y. Presumption of Compensability for Workplace Assaults

Albany, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) -- In New York, it’s presumed that an injury which occurs in the course of work also arises out of employment and is thus compensable under the state’s workers’ compensation law. That […]
What Do You Think: Was Louisiana Renaissance Festival Jouster’s Fall from Horse Compensable?
What Do You Think: Was Louisiana Renaissance Festival Jouster’s Fall from Horse Compensable?

Hammond, LA (WorkersCompensation.com) – Louisiana exempts from workers’ compensation coverage certain types of employees, including, in some instances, “performers.” The definition of performer, however, is not clearcut.  A case involving a jousting competition at a […]