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Did Booze or Enlarged Heart Cause Army Employee’s Death?
Did Booze or Enlarged Heart Cause Army Employee’s Death?

Federal Focus After a drunken, fully clothed splash in the pool and passing out in his hotel room, a federal worker died overnight, leaving medical questions about what his cause of death was. Simply Research […]

  • Jun 06, 2025
  • Frank Ferreri
The Drug Intoxication Defense to Workers’ Compensation Compensability in Mississippi
The Drug Intoxication Defense to Workers’ Compensation Compensability in Mississippi

Do You Know the Rule? Mississippi employers can defend themselves against an employee's workers' compensation claim where the employee was injured in part because of the illegal use of drugs. But they’ll have to prove […]

  • Jun 03, 2025
  • Chris Parker
Did ‘Severe’ Drunkenness Render Fall from Ladder Non-Compensable?
Did ‘Severe’ Drunkenness Render Fall from Ladder Non-Compensable?

Case File Brooklyn, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) -- In New York, when a workplace injury is caused by an employee’s intoxication, the injury may not be compensable under the Workers’ Compensation Act. A case involving an employee […]

  • Oct 23, 2024
  • Chris Parker
What Do You Think: Was Caretaker’s ATV Rollover Caused by 3 Beers and 2 Shots — or 1 Excitable Dog?
What Do You Think: Was Caretaker’s ATV Rollover Caused by 3 Beers and 2 Shots — or 1 Excitable Dog?

Beulah, WY (WorkersCompensation.com) – In Wyoming, an injury is not an “injury” for workers’ compensation purposes if it was caused by intoxication. But what if some intervening event caused or was partially responsible for the […]

  • Apr 06, 2024
  • Chris Parker
What Do You Think: Did Prior Night’s Drinking Bar Benefits to Worker who Plummeted from Lift? 
What Do You Think: Did Prior Night’s Drinking Bar Benefits to Worker who Plummeted from Lift? 

Wheeling, WV (WorkersCompensation.com) -- In West Virginia, there is a presumption that a worker’s injury was caused by intoxication if his blood is promptly tested, and his blood alcohol content exceeds a certain limit.  But […]

  • Nov 30, 2023
  • Chris Parker
Minn. Worker’s Cocaine Use Days Earlier Didn’t ‘Intoxicate’ him During Wreck
Minn. Worker’s Cocaine Use Days Earlier Didn’t ‘Intoxicate’ him During Wreck

Minneapolis, MN (WorkersCompensation.com) -- What bearing could cocaine have on an employee's work-related injury? It depends on whether the employee was "intoxicated" at the time of the accident, and as was on display in Morales […]

  • Apr 05, 2023
  • Frank Ferreri

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