Do You Know the Rule? Iowa’s workers’ compensation statute does not allow employees, or their surviving family members, to collect benefits when the employee, effectively, knowingly harmed himself. This is the willful-injury defense outlined in […]

Do You Know the Rule? In Ohio, an injured worker may obtain a VSSR award in addition to regular workers’ compensation benefits if the employer violated safety regulations.  An award for a VSSR is "a […]

Do You Know the Rule? Tulsa, OK (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Oklahoma, like other places across the country, has an alternative dispute resolution program to resolve issues that might come up in workers' compensation claims. To make […]

What Do You Think? Rochester, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Whether a heart attack is linked to work often hinges on multiple factors, such medical experts’ testimony, the employee’s cardiovascular health, and when and where the heart […]

Case File Because it looked like an injured worker signed a refusal to take a drug test under the misapprehension that it was a form to let her leave the hospital, an intoxication affirmative defense […]

What Do You Think? New York, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Generally, individuals and entities seeking to collect a debt cannot access an employee’s workers’ compensation benefits. But does that apply to crime victims seek monetary compensation […]

Do You Know the Rule? Fall protection might come to mind when you think about people who work on trees, but as Simply Research subscribers know, places like New Hampshire have rules for some much […]

Case File Whether a second injury warranted setting aside a new award required a look at the evidence. Simply Research subscribers have access to the full text of the case. Case Lehet v. Roofers Advantage […]