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 […]

Case File Suspension of a workers' compensation claim during the period in which the claimant fails to cooperate is the only available sanction when an employee obstructs an Independent Medical Examination. The Utah Supreme Court […]