What Do You Think? Can a carrier that blows by a statutory deadline face a bad faith claim even if the worker ultimately isn’t entitled to benefits? An Arizona case addressed whether a carrier’s handling […]

Compliance Corner If you're in Florida and need an expert medical adviser, would you know for whom to look and what that person could do once you found her? Thanks to Simply Research, you can, […]

Case File After receiving workers' compensation benefits (even if they weren't as much as she wanted) for injuries sustained in a workplace fall, a law professor was barred from pursuing a negligence action against her […]

What Do You Think? Can the cumulative stress of long hours and frequent work travel turn a worker’s fatal cardiac event into a compensable workers’ compensation claim? What if the worker already had significant heart […]

What Do You Think? Workers’ compensation is the exclusive remedy for a workplace injury that arises out of and occurs in the course of employment. A recent case addresses whether the exclusivity rule protects Tennessee […]

Case File While an insurer included handwritten notations on two memoranda of payment identifying concurrent employment wages, the New Hampshire Supreme Court found the notations insufficient to constitute notice of a potential claim against the […]

What Do You Think? Can adjusting a safety guard on a piece of equipment ever constitute an intentional act, thus exposing an employer to personal injury claims? A case involving a worker for a box […]

What Do You Think? Does two plus two ever equal two? In Illinois, it may. Illinois employers and workers compensation carriers need to know about the “the two physicians” rule. A recent case involving a […]