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Did Severe Foot Injury Render 62-year-old Employee Permanently Disabled?
Did Severe Foot Injury Render 62-year-old Employee Permanently Disabled?

Courts and hearing officers may consider a variety of factors in determining whether an employee is permanently disabled because of a workplace injury. A case involving a farm and home goods store in Shelbyville, Ky. […]
Did La. Resident Become ‘Travelling Employee’ by Working at Ky. Jobsite?
Did La. Resident Become ‘Travelling Employee’ by Working at Ky. Jobsite?

Maysville, KY (WorkersCompensation.com). The “travelling employee” doctrine allows an employee, in some cases, to collect workers’ compensation benefits for injuries sustained away from the jobsite. A recent Kentucky Supreme Court ruling involving a construction foreman […]
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 […]
Two Dead Following Louisville Plant Explosion
Two Dead Following Louisville Plant Explosion

Louisville, KY (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Hours after a factory exploded last week, first responders found the body of a worker they previously thought had been evacuated. On Nov. 11, multiple workers were injured in the blast […]
Gift Shop Stop Falls Under ‘Traveling Employee’ Exception
Gift Shop Stop Falls Under ‘Traveling Employee’ Exception

Case File Did stopping off at a gift shop on her way home from a conference kill a worker's claim for benefits for an ankle injury? Simply Research subscribers have access to the full text […]
Ky. Judge Shot in Chambers After Argument with Sheriff
Ky. Judge Shot in Chambers After Argument with Sheriff

Whitesburg, KY (WorkersCompensation.com) – Investigators are still working on why a Kentucky sheriff shot and killed a judge in his courthouse chambers, one of several people shot on the job in the past few weeks. […]
Can Paper Co. Employee Keep Retaliation Claim out of Federal Court?
Can Paper Co. Employee Keep Retaliation Claim out of Federal Court?

What Do You Think? Henderson, KY (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Companies and employees involved in workers’ compensation claims sometimes fight over whether diversity jurisdiction exists such that the case can be heard in federal court rather than […]
Did Machinist’s Fear of Electricity After Shock Prevent him from Returning to his Job?
Did Machinist’s Fear of Electricity After Shock Prevent him from Returning to his Job?

What Do You Think? Louisville, KY (WorkersCompensation.com) -- In Kentucky, an employee may be entitled to a three-times multiplier of his permanent partial disability benefits if he can show he lacks the physical capacity to return […]