What Do You Think? Employees injured on their way to work generally can’t obtain workers’ compensation benefits. But that's not always true. A case involving a Harrah’s dealer who fell over a forklift shows how […]

What Do You Think? The exclusive remedy rule protects employers from personal injury lawsuits by limiting most injured employees to workers’ compensation benefits. In Louisiana, and other states, employees can skirt that rule by showing […]

What Do You Think? The exclusive remedy provision protects employers with workers’ compensation coverage from being sued for negligence by their employees. If an employee dies during work, does that protection always extend to lawsuits […]

What Do You Think? In most cases, only injuries that happen during, or just before or after, an employee’s work hours are compensable. But what if an employee shows up really early and gets injured? […]

What Do You Think? Workers’ compensation judges may consider a variety of factors when determining whether a claimant is permanently disabled. A case involving a worker injured operating a front-end loader highlights the type of […]

State Snapshot State Snapshot Louisiana Exclusive Remedy Rule BASIC RULE In Louisiana, the Workers’ Compensation Act provides the exclusive remedy for employees injured in the course and scope of employment. This means that employers are […]

What Do You Think? The special mission exception can make an injury compensable even when it occurs while the employee is travelling. This can include travel to a company meeting. But what if the meeting […]

Case File Louisiana's manual labor exception did not apply to bring injured employees of a contractor within the exclusive remedy bar of state workers' compensation law and so the employees could go forward with a […]