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Wash. Top Court Finds ‘Traveling Employee’ Rule Sets Clock for Flight Attendant’s COVID Claim
Wash. Top Court Finds ‘Traveling Employee’ Rule Sets Clock for Flight Attendant’s COVID Claim

Case File When a flight attendant contracted COVID-19 during the early throes of the pandemic, according to the Washington Supreme Court, the traveling employee doctrine covered her case, and she was not limited to proving […]
Stats on Risk of COVID from Work don’t Automatically Shut Down W.Va. Nurse’s Claim
Stats on Risk of COVID from Work don’t Automatically Shut Down W.Va. Nurse’s Claim

Is statistical evidence that a worker was just as likely to contract COVID-19 outside of work than at work enough, by itself, to defeat a workers’ compensation claim? The state’s High Court recently addressed that […]
A Georgia Court of Appeals Decision on Justifiable Refusal of Light Duty Based on COVID-19 Concerns
A Georgia Court of Appeals Decision on Justifiable Refusal of Light Duty Based on COVID-19 Concerns

Introduction On January 31, 2025, the Georgia Court of Appeals decided a workers compensation claim, Taylor v. Argos, USA. The central issue was whether the employee should have been awarded TTD benefits when he refused to […]
Could Mental Health Worker get Benefits for A-fib by Linking it to COVID-19?
Could Mental Health Worker get Benefits for A-fib by Linking it to COVID-19?

What Do You Think? Booneville, AK (WorkersCompensation.com) – In Arkansas, medical conditions that are a natural consequence of a compensable workplace injury may entitle an employee to additional benefits. As one case illustrates, when defending […]
NCCI Court Case Update
NCCI Court Case Update

Iowa, Entitlement to Death Benefits On October 30, 2024, the Iowa Court of Appeals, in Linnhaven Inc. v. Blasdell, affirmed an award of workers compensation (WC) death benefits to the spouse of a totally disabled employee […]
Did Factory Job Produce Manager’s COVID-19 Infection?
Did Factory Job Produce Manager’s COVID-19 Infection?

What Do You Think? White Plains, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) -- As COVID-19-related workers’ compensation appeals make their way through the New York courts, it becomes somewhat clear what it takes to establish or defend against such […]
Did Nurse’s ‘Plandemic’ Comments Justify Ending Benefits for Long-COVID?
Did Nurse’s ‘Plandemic’ Comments Justify Ending Benefits for Long-COVID?

What Do You Think? Philadelphia, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Employees receiving workers’ compensation benefits due to COVID-19 sometimes seek to extend those benefits based on symptoms of “long-COVID.”  It can be hard for doctors to objectively […]
Was Deceased Paratransit Driver’s COVID-19 Linked to his Job?
Was Deceased Paratransit Driver’s COVID-19 Linked to his Job?

New York, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) -- As an employer or workers’ compensation carrier in New York, when should you fight a COVID-19-related claim, and when should you not? A case involving a worker who drove sick […]