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University Employee’s Trek Off Campus finds Coverage under ‘Positional Risk’ Test
University Employee’s Trek Off Campus finds Coverage under ‘Positional Risk’ Test

Washington, DC (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Generally speaking, the going and coming rule bars compensation when an employee's injury is sustained off the worker premises, while en route to or from work. However, as Rieger v. District […]
Assaulted by Patient, Nurse Can’t Connect Continued PTSD to Workplace Injury
Assaulted by Patient, Nurse Can’t Connect Continued PTSD to Workplace Injury

Augusta, ME (WorkersCompensation.com) -- When medical evidence could point for or against a worker, what's that mean for a workers' compensation claim? As the court in McLaughlin v. Community Living Association, No. App. Div. 23-0019 […]
Benefits for Loss of Vision, Other Injuries don’t Equal Double Recovery for Ill. Miner
Benefits for Loss of Vision, Other Injuries don’t Equal Double Recovery for Ill. Miner

Mokena, IL (WorkersCompensation.com) -- When a worker is awarded permanent benefits for a scheduled loss, would an award for unscheduled losses result in double recovery of workers' compensation? Not according to the court in American […]
What Do You Think: Did Not Mentioning Prior Accidents Put Brakes on Truck Driver’s Claim?
What Do You Think: Did Not Mentioning Prior Accidents Put Brakes on Truck Driver’s Claim?

West Babylon, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) – An employer in New York may be able to avoid a workers’ compensation claim if it can establish that the employee made false statements in order to obtain benefits. One […]
Miss. Top Court Allows Worker to Keep Disputed $3K from Settlement with Building Owner
Miss. Top Court Allows Worker to Keep Disputed $3K from Settlement with Building Owner

Hattiesburg, MS (WorkersCompensation.com) -- When litigation overlaps with a workers' compensation claim, what rights do employers, carriers, and TPAs have when a worker settles her case. In Brent v. Mississippi Department of Human Services, No. […]
What Do You Think: Can Amazon Driver Shot by Masked Assailant Collect Workers’ Compensation?
What Do You Think: Can Amazon Driver Shot by Masked Assailant Collect Workers’ Compensation?

Bloomfield, NJ (WorkersCompensation.com) -- It can be challenging to determine whether an act of violence in the workplace “arises out of employment” for workers’ compensation benefits. A New Jersey case illustrates the clues decision-makers in […]
What Do You Think: Was Falling into Hole on Way to Car ‘In Course of Employment?’
What Do You Think: Was Falling into Hole on Way to Car ‘In Course of Employment?’

Kenner, LA (WorkersCompensation.com) – An employee who is done with her work day may not be done with her work day for workers’ compensation purposes. Just because she’s turned off her computer, rinsed out her […]
Do You Know the Rule? N.Y. Presumption of Compensability for Workplace Assaults
Do You Know the Rule? N.Y. Presumption of Compensability for Workplace Assaults

Albany, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) -- In New York, it’s presumed that an injury which occurs in the course of work also arises out of employment and is thus compensable under the state’s workers’ compensation law. That […]