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Do You Know the Rule? Va. Attorney’s Fees
Do You Know the Rule? Va. Attorney’s Fees

Fredericksburg, VA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Virginia law covers two scenarios in which attorney's fees are accounted for in a workers' compensation case: 1) where the parties agree to a fee; and 2) where they don't. The […]
Do You Know the Rule? Tenn. ‘Discovery Rule’ for Gradually Occurring Injuries
Do You Know the Rule? Tenn. ‘Discovery Rule’ for Gradually Occurring Injuries

Employees must provide prompt notice of an injury if they are seeking workers’ compensation. However, if the injury develops over a long period of time, the employee might not know about it, might not know […]
Compliance Corner: How Does Oregon Determine Medically Stationary Status?
Compliance Corner: How Does Oregon Determine Medically Stationary Status?

Eugene, OR (WorkersCompensation.com) -- To determine medically stationary status in Oregon, state statutes spell out what must be present. The following breaks down the requirements. In Oregon, a worker is medically stationary in the following […]
Do You Know the Rule? Exceptions to ‘Coming and Going Rule’ in La.
Do You Know the Rule? Exceptions to ‘Coming and Going Rule’ in La.

New Orleans, LA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- In Louisiana, as in other states, when an employee is injured while traveling to and from work, the injury is considered not to have occurred within the course of employment. […]
Sticker Shock Prompts Pa. Court to Blackball Red Book Average Wholesale Prices
Sticker Shock Prompts Pa. Court to Blackball Red Book Average Wholesale Prices

Harrisburg, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Anyone who's ever paid for expensive prescriptions has probably felt a degree of "sticker shock" when footing the bill. But in Federated Insurance Co. v. Summit Pharmacy, No. 115 C.D. 2023 […]
What Do You Think: Could Temp Pinned by Mechanical Arm Sue Assigned Employer?
What Do You Think: Could Temp Pinned by Mechanical Arm Sue Assigned Employer?

Wilkes-Barre, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Employers with workers’ compensation coverage are generally immune to negligence lawsuits for work-related injuries. But what happens if the worker is hired by and paid by an employment agency, but sent […]
What Do You Think: Could N.Y. Worker Injured When Rail Fell on his Shoulder File Claim Nearly Two Years Later?
What Do You Think: Could N.Y. Worker Injured When Rail Fell on his Shoulder File Claim Nearly Two Years Later?

Long Island City, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Filing a late workers’ compensation claim for a compensable claim is not always the claim’s death knell. In New York, for example, there are three potential exceptions to the […]
Maine Walmart Worker’s New Duties Indicate ALJ Miscalculated AWW
Maine Walmart Worker’s New Duties Indicate ALJ Miscalculated AWW

Bangor, ME (WorkersCompensation.com) -- When does an employee's change in job duties represent new employment? As the Appellate Division of Maine's Workers' Compensation Board explained in Farmer v. Walmart Inc., No. 23-19 (W.C.B. Me. App. […]