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 […]

Glossary Check Bangor, ME (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Starting a new job often comes with the rite of passage that is a drug test. If you were in the State of Maine, would you know what the […]

What Do You Think? Scarborough, ME (WorkersCompensation.com) -- The exclusivity provision in Maine’s workers’ compensation act bars an injured worker, or representative, from suing an employer after obtaining workers’ compensation benefits. One case addresses whether […]

Augusta, ME (WorkersCompensation.com) -- When medical evidence could point for or against a worker, what's that mean for a workers' compensation claim? As the court in McLaughlin v. Community Living Association, No. App. Div. 23-0019 […]

Augusta, ME (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Back when COVID was going around freely, if you came down with it, how could you be sure where you caught it? In Wooten v. Maine Turnpike Authority, No. 24-5 (Me. […]

Bangor, ME (WorkersCompensation.com) -- In Maine, "utilization review" means the initial prospective, concurrent or retrospective evaluation by an insurance carrier, self-insurer, or group self-insurer of the appropriateness in terms of both the level and the […]

Augusta, ME (WorkersCompensation.com) -- If you're thinking about torts and on-the-job injuries, you're probably also thinking about exclusive remedy rules in most states. What an exclusive remedy rule does is prevent someone from suing for […]

Bangor, ME (WorkersCompensation.com) -- When does an employee's change in job duties represent new employment? As the Appellate Division of Maine's Workers' Compensation Board explained in Farmer v. Walmart Inc., No. 23-19 (W.C.B. Me. App. […]