What Do You Think? When an employee’s injury does not arise out of employment, he may be able to sue his employer for negligence. But what if the employee is engaging in a work-related task, […]

Case File Applying its deferential standard of review, the West Virginia Intermediate Court of Appeals affirmed a Board of Review decision finding that a Goodwill employee established a compensable injury after allegedly becoming overheated and […]

Glossary Check When it comes to case management and case managers in Tennessee, what is the terminology and the vocabulary for workers' compensation? Thanks to Simply Research, here's a look. Case Management “Case Management” means […]

Case File Although a North Carolina corporation was cited for a previous heat-related death, its failure to follow a series of steps that could have prevented a worker's heatstroke didn't show "intentional" conduct sufficient to […]

Case File When a fire inspector/firefighter attempted to claim that he was traveling from one inspection site to another, an email and a map conspired to defeat his argument that he was on the clock […]

What Do You Think? Delaware workers’ compensation law requires "but-for" causation when an employee’s pre-existing condition is aggravated by a specific, identifiable industrial accident. But the employee has to meet a higher standard if she […]

What Do You Think? When a claimant tries to claw back what he thinks is his several years after a decision against him came down, the record -- including recordings -- may come back to […]

What Do You Think? To be entitled to workers’ compensation benefits in Maryland, a worker must be a “covered employee.” A recent case addresses how that rule applies when an NFL player signs a contract […]