Florida—Requirement to Seek Initial Relief Within the Workers Compensation System On June 13, 2025, the District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District, in Steak 'N Shake, Inc. v. Spears, ruled that an employee may not […]

Case File An insurer in "run-off" sought to collect second-injury trust fund reimbursements for payments it made to an injured worker, but the trust fund contended that the insurer was a nonparticipant and so could […]

Do You Know the Rule? The Basics on Wage Subsidies To further encourage employers to maintain the employment of their injured workers, a State of Washington employer insured with the department that offers work to […]

Case File When it comes to latent disease cases, the Washington Supreme Court did away with a decade-old precedent case to hold that an employer's virtual certainty that disease will occur satisfies the "actual knowledge" […]

Case File A worker lost his life due to an accident while working on the New Jersey turnpike, but the court didn't find enough to show that the employer committed "willful" violations for purposes of […]

Do You Know the Rule? In Illinois, an employer may face a penalty in amount of up to 50 percent of the employee’s original award if the employer unreasonably fails to pay the employee's workers’ […]

Do You Know the Rule? The main category of compensable injury in Arkansas occurs as a result of a “specific incident.” Claimants have to establish four elements to succeed on such a claim. How does […]

Do You Know the Rule? If an employee wants to sue an employer for personal injuries based on a work-related accident, she is generally out of luck. The Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Act is the exclusive […]