Compliance Corner Among defenses available in workers' compensation claims, many states provide a defense for a lack of or late notice of a worker's injury, subject to exceptions. As Simply Research subscribers know, the Nevada […]

Case File Evidence of a coworker's safety-rule violations and workplace misconduct did not create a jury question on willful and wanton conduct where the coworker lacked knowledge of a specific high-probability risk to the injured […]

Compliance Corner When it comes to workers' compensation payments, injured workers and employers are probably most interested in when and how payments are due. Thanks to Simply Research, we take a look at the rules […]

Compliance Corner Did you know that Tennessee sets out excess insurance rules for employers covered by the Volunteer State's workers' compensation law? As Simply Research subscribers know, those rules are as follows. The Basics In […]

Do You Know the Rule? In Rhode Island, an employee may preserve the right to sue for negligence by giving her employer written notice at the time of hire that she is reserving the right […]

Case File When a New York City train conductor learned that a passenger on his train had fallen on the tracks and been run over by another train, the Workers' Compensation Board reasonably found that […]

Case File Despite a challenge with misattribution of a doctor's opinion, an ALJ's decision didn't commit an error "so flagrant as to cause gross injustice." Case Graybar Electric v. Starr, No. 2025-SC0204-WC (Ky. 02/19/26) What […]

Glossary Check If you had to tell someone how Georgia defines "injury" for purposes of state workers' compensation law, what would you tell them? If you had Simply Research, you could tell them the following. […]