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Testimony that Landscaper Fabricated Injury Clips Workers’ Comp Claim 
Testimony that Landscaper Fabricated Injury Clips Workers’ Comp Claim 

Phoenix, AZ (WorkersCompensation.com) -- As long as there is evidence to support an ALJ’s denial of workers’ compensation benefits to an employee, a court is unlikely to overturn it.  That was the case in Cole […]
Laborer Fails to Connect Ballooning Testicle, Hernia to Work Duties
Laborer Fails to Connect Ballooning Testicle, Hernia to Work Duties

Benwood, WV (WorkersCompensation.com) – When there’s reason to suspect a worker’s injury report is more akin to a work of fiction, it helps to have witnesses’ statements that were created on the day of or […]
Appeals on their Minds: Ga. Spells Out New Steps
Appeals on their Minds: Ga. Spells Out New Steps

Atlanta, GA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Come July, Georgia will have new procedures for appealing a workers' compensation claim. So, what's new in the Peach State? The following information breaks it down. New Rule Starting July 1, […]
Court’s Focus on Injury, Rather than Surgery, Halts W. Va. Worker’s Claim
Court’s Focus on Injury, Rather than Surgery, Halts W. Va. Worker’s Claim

Charleston, WV (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Just because two doctors present evidence in a worker's favor doesn't mean that a court will go with the popular vote. In Lucas v. Blue Creek Mining, LLC, No. 21-0655 (W. […]
N.J. Worker’s Case Offers no Basis for Federal Jurisdiction
N.J. Worker’s Case Offers no Basis for Federal Jurisdiction

Jersey City, NJ (WorkersCompensation.com) -- You don't have to make a federal case out of it, and if you're looking for some kind of relief under state workers' compensation law, you probably can't. As a […]
IME Status Renders N.Y. Doctor’s Testimony, Reports Inadmissible
IME Status Renders N.Y. Doctor’s Testimony, Reports Inadmissible

New York, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) -- How much does medical treatment have to look like an independent medical examination to officially count as an IME? In Feldman v. New York City Transit Authority, 2023 WL 3099529 […]
Animosity Behind N.C. Factory Worker’s Shooting Shows WCA Doesn’t Apply
Animosity Behind N.C. Factory Worker’s Shooting Shows WCA Doesn’t Apply

Hickory, NC (WorkersCompensation.com). – Exclusivity clauses in workers’ compensation acts generally don’t apply when a worker assaults a coworker for purely personal reasons. The question whether the WCA was a surviving spouse’s sole option for […]
Statute of Limitation Washes Out Ohio Worker’s Claim for Allowance
Statute of Limitation Washes Out Ohio Worker’s Claim for Allowance

Columbus, OH (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Time is money, they say, and that's true when it comes to filing a court claim regarding a workers' compensation case. As a worker discovered in Caldwell v. Whirlpool Corp., 2023 […]