Case File In overruling a precedent case, the Nevada Supreme Court granted that workers' compensation insurers may assess the total proceeds of a third-party settlement with an injured worker, regardless of whether the proceeds are […]

Form Focus Eagan, MN (WorkersCompensation.com) -- When there's a potential compliance lapse in the North Star state, what can an aggrieved party due to ensure that the possibility of punishment is set in play? Minnesota […]

What Do You Think? Pikeville, KY (WorkersCompensation.com) -- To obtain permanent total disability, an employee must show that the disability is causally connected to the workplace injury at issue. A case involving a truck driver […]

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Case File A Massachusetts worker had punched out and was heading to his car to leave for the day when a coworker plowed into him in an employer-owned vehicle. The exclusive remedy provisions of Massachusetts […]

Case File An Arkansas worker came up short in his attempt to add ADA retaliation charges related to his workers' compensation claim due to rules related to exhausting administrative remedies as well as the exclusive […]

Case File A contingent MMI finding regarding a worker's psychological injury was a reasonable basis for an ALJ to set a 20% impairment rating despite other evidence showing a conflicting possibility. Simply Research subscribers have […]

Case File Although a worker tried to claim that his Texas employer didn't have the right kind of workers' compensation coverage to satisfy state law in an effort to circumvent the exclusivity remedy defense, evidence […]