Compliance Corner Did you know that Tennessee sets out excess insurance rules for employers covered by the Volunteer State's workers' compensation law? As Simply Research subscribers know, those rules are as follows. The Basics In […]

Do You Know the Rule? In Rhode Island, an employee may preserve the right to sue for negligence by giving her employer written notice at the time of hire that she is reserving the right […]

Case File When a New York City train conductor learned that a passenger on his train had fallen on the tracks and been run over by another train, the Workers' Compensation Board reasonably found that […]

Case File Despite a challenge with misattribution of a doctor's opinion, an ALJ's decision didn't commit an error "so flagrant as to cause gross injustice." Case Graybar Electric v. Starr, No. 2025-SC0204-WC (Ky. 02/19/26) What […]

Glossary Check If you had to tell someone how Georgia defines "injury" for purposes of state workers' compensation law, what would you tell them? If you had Simply Research, you could tell them the following. […]

Glossary Check Sadly, when a worker dies from a workers' compensation-covered injury, she may leave behind dependents. Such dependents may be entitled to workers' compensation benefits. Under Connecticut law, as Simply Research subscribers know, the […]

What Do You Think? The exclusivity rule protects employers from negligence and other tort lawsuits only to the extent that the injury arose out of and in the course of employment. A recent case involving […]

Federal Focus A postal worker’s failure to submit medical evidence justifying the need for a nonformulary, name‑brand medication led ECAB to affirm OWCP’s denial of authorization. Simply Research subscribers have access to the full text […]