Philadelphia, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- The term "ineffective assistance of counsel" most often refers to criminal defendants' Constitutional rights and what arguments they have at their disposal following a less-than-desirable outcome in the guilty-or-not phase of […]

What Do You Think? Sandy, OR (WorkersCompensation.com) – Is a spouse entitled to workers’ compensation death benefits if, prior to the employee’s death, the couple separated and were living apart? Under Oregon law, is there a […]

Powered by Simply Research Philadelphia, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- A recent case from the Pennsylvania Supreme Court considered a question regarding how physicians should come to impairment rating evaluations. Writing an "opinion in support of reversal," […]

On June 27, 2024, the Supreme Court of Mississippi, in American Compensation Insurance Co. v. Ruiz, ruled that the Mississippi Workers' Compensation Act does not allow an insurer to rescind a workers compensation (WC) policy from […]

What Do You Think? Louisville, KY (WorkersCompensation.com) -- From time to time at the News Desk, we find ourselves going down a long backstretch of workers' compensation research, and such was the case this week […]

What Do You Think? Gibson, LA (WorkersCompensation.com) – The exclusive remedy provision generally compels injured employees to seek relief solely through the state’s workers’ compensation act. But what if the individual who is injured was […]

What Do You Think? Chester, IL (WorkersCompensation.com) – In Illinois, a dependent of a worker who dies as a result of a workplace accident may be entitled to death benefits. A dependent generally includes a […]

Beachwood, OH (WorkersCompensation.com) – Workers’ compensation retaliation cases often boil down to a battle of stories, and which one sounds most convincing and is backed up by tangible evidence. A case involving a daycare center […]