Compliance Corner When an injured worker in Connecticut has to miss work to get treatment for a work-related injury, how does she get paid? What about when the worker has to show up at a […]

Compliance Corner In Minnesota, state law directs provides how employers contribute to the second injury fund. Thanks to Simply Research, we highlight how the North Star States makes its calculations. Reports, Assessments On or before […]

What Do You Think? Delaware workers’ compensation law requires "but-for" causation when an employee’s pre-existing condition is aggravated by a specific, identifiable industrial accident. But the employee has to meet a higher standard if she […]

What Do You Think? When a claimant tries to claw back what he thinks is his several years after a decision against him came down, the record -- including recordings -- may come back to […]

What Do You Think? To be entitled to workers’ compensation benefits in Maryland, a worker must be a “covered employee.” A recent case addresses how that rule applies when an NFL player signs a contract […]

Case File Suspension of a workers' compensation claim during the period in which the claimant fails to cooperate is the only available sanction when an employee obstructs an Independent Medical Examination. The Utah Supreme Court […]

Case File Uber drivers don't get workers' compensation benefits, but does that mean they aren't "employees" under New York tort law? An Empire State court found that question, along with other considerations, merited jury review. […]

Case File A Vermont plaintiff who received workers' compensation benefits argued that jurors should have been informed of both the benefits and his obligation to reimburse them from any recovery. The Vermont Supreme Court disagreed, […]