Courts & Compliance When is an assault in New York in the course of employment? Under Workers' Compensation Law Sec. 21(1), an injury that arises in the course of employment is presumed to have arisen […]

Workers' Comp 101 In the Golden State, what makes an injury come under the workers' compensation system? That kind of information for California and the rest of the U.S. is on Simply Research, but we […]

Case File While it was culturally accepted that a worker would take care of his parents as they got older, the fact that he was married at the time of his on-the-job death meant that […]

Do You Know the Rule? Employers may be able to terminate a worker’s PTD benefits on an employee’s 67 birthday. This is because the workers’ compensation act presumes that, by that age, the employee would […]

Though it has always been a difficult defense to apply, the common law Rycroft defense – whereby an employer/insurer can outright deny a claim in its entirety – has now become even more limited in its […]

Case File When a claimant's attorney sought fees in connect with a claim, the court found a lien on the employer's reimbursement was in line with New York's Workers' Compensation Law. Simply Research subscribers have […]

Do You Know the Rule? If you're in the Aloha State and you're considering whether an injury that occurred at work counts as an "injury" for workers' compensation purposes, you can turn to the statutes […]

What Do You Think? Can an employee who suffers mental health injury at work sue his employer for monetary damages, or is his only relief the state workers’ compensation act? A Pennsylvania case addressed whether […]