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What Do You Think: Was Meals on Wheels Accident Within Scope of Employment?
What Do You Think: Was Meals on Wheels Accident Within Scope of Employment?

Newark, DE (WorkersCompensation.com). When an employer involves employees in volunteer work, that work can result in a compensable injury if it occurred within the scope of employment. A case involving a customer service representative  for […]
What Do You Think: Did Probation Officer Lose Job Because She Left Work for Embryo Transfer?
What Do You Think: Did Probation Officer Lose Job Because She Left Work for Embryo Transfer?

Lebanon, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) An employee claiming FMLA retaliation may continue with her lawsuit, even if her employer points to a valid basis for firing her. However, the employee will have to first show that her […]
What Do You Think: Was Slipping on Stairs and Spraining Knee Work-related?
What Do You Think: Was Slipping on Stairs and Spraining Knee Work-related?

Ravenswood, WV (WorkersCompensation.com) -- In West Virginia, a workers’ compensation claimant generally must show that his physical injury arose from something about his job that increased the risk of harm. But how significant does the […]
What Do You Think: Did Failure to Lower Cholesterol Doom Cop’s Claim for Heart Disease?
What Do You Think: Did Failure to Lower Cholesterol Doom Cop’s Claim for Heart Disease?

Las Vegas, NV (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Police officers in Nevada are entitled to a presumption that their heart disease arose out of and in the course of employment. Insurers and employers, however, can overcome that presumption. […]
Determining Reasonable IME Fees in Iowa Requires Looking at Rates in Relevant Area
Determining Reasonable IME Fees in Iowa Requires Looking at Rates in Relevant Area

Des Moines, IA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- When it comes to money, what's reasonable in one place might be too expensive somewhere else. As the Iowa high court explained in Mid American Construction LLC v. Sandlin, No. […]
Workers’ Comp 101: COVID-19 Compensability Cases, Pneumonia Precedent, Scottish Reasoning
Workers’ Comp 101: COVID-19 Compensability Cases, Pneumonia Precedent, Scottish Reasoning

Birmingham, AL (WorkersCompensation.com) -- In today's What Do You Think feature, the question at hand focused on whether an Alabama CNA could make a case that she contracted COVID-19 from her job, thereby making it […]
Form Focus: N.Y. Carrier’s Request for Reconsideration of Reduction
Form Focus: N.Y. Carrier’s Request for Reconsideration of Reduction

Albany, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) -- When an insurer seeks a reconsideration in New York, there's a form for that. It's the C-251.6. Here's how it works. Do you know about Simply Forms? With Simply Forms, we've […]
Twice-fired Parks and Rec Worker’s FMLA Interference Claim Runs out of Gas
Twice-fired Parks and Rec Worker’s FMLA Interference Claim Runs out of Gas

St. Petersburg, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) – An employer’s good faith efforts to respond to an FMLA request can go a long way toward defeating an FMLA interference claim. A case involving a parks and recreation worker […]