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Could Widow of Prison Guard Killed after Meeting Receive Benefits?
Could Widow of Prison Guard Killed after Meeting Receive Benefits?

What Do You Think? The special mission exception can make an injury compensable even when it occurs while the employee is travelling. This can include travel to a company meeting. But what if the meeting […]
Was Firefighter Injured Doing Laundry Entitled to Workers’ Comp?
Was Firefighter Injured Doing Laundry Entitled to Workers’ Comp?

What Do You Think? Firefighting is a difficult and dangerous job. So, when a firefighter gets hurt at work, one assumes the injury occurred when he or she was heroically battling a dangerous conflagration–not when […]
Was Truck Driver’s Beating Random Road Rage or Compensable Injury?
Was Truck Driver’s Beating Random Road Rage or Compensable Injury?

What Do You Think? A compensable injury must arise out of employment. A case involving a commercial truck driver for a Virginia company addresses the question of whether a road rage incident can be sufficiently […]
Did Surf Shop Worker’s Ladder Injury Claim ‘Jump the Shark?’
Did Surf Shop Worker’s Ladder Injury Claim ‘Jump the Shark?’

What Do You Think? Hilton Head, SC (WorkersCompensation.com) – Workers compensation is generally available for an injury that occurs in the course and scope of employment. A South Carolina case delves into the question of […]
N.Y. Presumption Leads Court to Find Fall Happened in Course of Employment
N.Y. Presumption Leads Court to Find Fall Happened in Course of Employment

If a worker falls on the job, but no one saw what happened, what happens? The court in Bosque v. Prime Support Inc., 2024 WL 1774127 (N.Y. App. Div. 04/25/24) addressed the question, applying 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 […]
Maine Turnpike Worker Connects COVID Infection to Working with Maskless Coworker
Maine Turnpike Worker Connects COVID Infection to Working with Maskless Coworker

Augusta, ME (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Back when COVID was going around freely, if you came down with it, how could you be sure where you caught it? In Wooten v. Maine Turnpike Authority, No. 24-5 (Me. […]
What Do You Think: Could Auto Detailer Sue Employer over Coworkers’ Violent Attack?
What Do You Think: Could Auto Detailer Sue Employer over Coworkers’ Violent Attack?

Fort Washington, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- “It’s not business; it’s strictly personal.” That’s one way of explaining the “personal animus” exception in Pennsylvania–while doing violence to a famous movie quote. When the exception applies, the employee […]