Bits & Pieces Do you know how taxes on uninsured and self-insured employers in Virginia work? Simply Research subscribers do, but here's a quick look. One half of One Percent For the purpose of providing […]

Compliance Corner When it comes to workers' compensation law in the Bay State, the best way to figure out who's an "employee" might be to go through who isn't one. Simply Research subscribers can do […]

State Snapshot BASIC RULE In Maine, workers’ compensation is an employee’s sole legal remedy for a work-related injury. 39-A M.R.S. § 104. This is the case for all personal injuries and deaths or occupational diseases […]

Case File The Court of Appeals of Georgia held that the exclusive remedy provision of the state’s Workers' Compensation Act is an affirmative defense -- not a matter of subject-matter jurisdiction. This means that the […]

Case File A Nebraska statute spelling out that compensation court judgments and awards have the "same force and effect as a judgment" and that "all proceedings in relation thereto shall ... be the same as […]

What Do You Think? The “affirmative act” exception to Georgie's exclusivity rule allows employees injured at work to sue employers for personal injury under certain circumstances. A case involving a teen tragically killed while running […]

Case File When a workers' compensation claimant indulges in fraud, he forfeits his right to obtain benefits, but is the forfeiture retroactive or only after the misrepresentation was made? Case Cousain v. Smitty's Supply, Inc., […]

Case File The Iowa Supreme Court applied the AMA Guides to clarify that the impairment value for a distal clavicle excision didn't get the 25% multiplier from Table 16-18. Case Klein v. Whirlpool Corp., No. […]