Case File In a case of first impression, the Tennessee Supreme Court found that the UCC supplied an appropriate framework to help determine whether the state's exclusive remedy rules applied to a vendor-vendee relationship. Simply […]

State Snapshot BASIC RULE In Tennessee, workers’ compensation is an employee’s exclusive remedy for an injury arising out of and in the course of employment. This means that the employee cannot sue the employer in […]

State Snapshot BASIC RULE In Alabama, workers’ compensation is an employee’s exclusive remedy against an employer for job-related injuries when those injuries are covered by the Workers’ Compensation Act.. Ala. Code §§ 25-5-52 and 25-5-53. […]

Texas employers are largely immune to workers’ compensation retaliation lawsuits. But the rule does not protect cities from lawsuits by first responders. A case involving a police cadet injured during a physical agility test asks […]

Case File When a New Jersey worker violated a workplace violence policy and turned his nose up at an IME request, was he able to sue under a common law theory? Simply Research subscribers have […]

State Snapshot BASIC RULE In Oregon, the sole remedy for an employee who suffers injury, death, or an occupational disease in the course and scope of employment is workers’ compensation. ORS 656.018. This means that […]

State Snapshot BASIC RULE In Utah, workers’ compensation is an employee’s exclusive remedy for work-related injuries or occupational diseases. Utah Code § 34A-2-105. This means that the employee cannot sue the employer in tort (where […]

What Do You Think? An employer who intentionally harms an employee can end up facing a personal injury lawsuit despite having worker’s compensation coverage. A case involving a steel mill worker in New Jersey who […]