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Specific Incident Injuries in Arkansas
Specific Incident Injuries in Arkansas

Do You Know the Rule? The main category of compensable injury in Arkansas occurs as a result of a “specific incident.” Claimants have to establish four elements to succeed on such a claim. How does […]
Can Injured Janitor who Kept Working get PPD Benefits?
Can Injured Janitor who Kept Working get PPD Benefits?

What Do You Think? In Arkansas, depending on an injured worker's age, education, and experience, she may be entitled to permanent partial disability benefits in excess of her percentage of permanent physical impairment. A recent case […]
NCCI Court Case Update, Washington – June 2025
NCCI Court Case Update, Washington – June 2025

On May 29, 2025, the Supreme Court of Washington, in Cockrum v. C.H. Murphy/Clark-Ullman, Inc., revised the standard that applies when employees afflicted by latent diseases seek to hold their employers liable outside of the workers […]
Missing 20-Day Deadline for Hearing didn’t Require Benefit Reduction
Missing 20-Day Deadline for Hearing didn’t Require Benefit Reduction

Case File Did not meeting a 20-day deadline require a reduction in benefits? Simply Research subscribers have access to the full text of the decision. Case Juncal v. Maspeth Remodeling, No. CV-23-2242 (N.Y. App. Div. […]
Was Worker Hospitalized for Depression Entitled to Notice of FMLA Rights?
Was Worker Hospitalized for Depression Entitled to Notice of FMLA Rights?

What Do You Think? When an employee takes leave that may be for an FMLA-qualifying serious health condition, the employer must notify the employee of her eligibility to take FMLA leave. A case involving an […]
Hoist Failure Injures Worker, Raises N.Y. Labor, Insurance Law Questions
Hoist Failure Injures Worker, Raises N.Y. Labor, Insurance Law Questions

Case File When a hoist didn't work properly, a worker sustained an injury and questions about New York's Labor Law and indemnification arose. Simply Research subscribers have access to the full text of the decision. […]
Worker’s Medical Evidence Carries Day on Questions about Fall from Ladder
Worker’s Medical Evidence Carries Day on Questions about Fall from Ladder

Case File Testimony of two doctors was enough for a New York court to find in a worker's favor on the question of whether the worker's injury arose out of and in the course of […]
Was Volunteer Crushed at School Charity Event Covered by Workers’ Comp?
Was Volunteer Crushed at School Charity Event Covered by Workers’ Comp?

What Do You Think? Employees normally can’t sue for negligence when they are hurt at work. This is because, generally, their only avenue of relief is the workers’ compensation act. But what if a volunteer […]