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Did Citing ‘Disabilities’ Enable Employee to Sue for FMLA Interference?
Did Citing ‘Disabilities’ Enable Employee to Sue for FMLA Interference?

What Do You Think? Washington, DC (WorkersCompensation.com) – An employee needs to point to a serious health condition to bring an FMLA interference claim. One case addresses the question of whether merely alleging that he […]
Was it Impossible to Safeguard Roofer who Fell before Colleagues Installed Fall Protection?
Was it Impossible to Safeguard Roofer who Fell before Colleagues Installed Fall Protection?

What Do You Think? Ravenna, OH (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Ohio employers need to think hard about how they are going to protect their employees from falling off of roofs during work. Fall protection is required in […]
Was Corrections Worker who Lost Eye Permanently Disabled?
Was Corrections Worker who Lost Eye Permanently Disabled?

What Do You Think? Newport, AR (WorkersCompensation.com) -- No matter how severe or upsetting an injury may be, a claimant in Arkansas seeking permanent disability still has to demonstrate that she can no longer work […]
Did Nurse’s ‘Plandemic’ Comments Justify Ending Benefits for Long-COVID?
Did Nurse’s ‘Plandemic’ Comments Justify Ending Benefits for Long-COVID?

What Do You Think? Philadelphia, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Employees receiving workers’ compensation benefits due to COVID-19 sometimes seek to extend those benefits based on symptoms of “long-COVID.”  It can be hard for doctors to objectively […]
Was Deceased Paratransit Driver’s COVID-19 Linked to his Job?
Was Deceased Paratransit Driver’s COVID-19 Linked to his Job?

New York, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) -- As an employer or workers’ compensation carrier in New York, when should you fight a COVID-19-related claim, and when should you not? A case involving a worker who drove sick […]
Was Out-of-State ATV Crash in Course of VP’s Home Improvement Co. Job?
Was Out-of-State ATV Crash in Course of VP’s Home Improvement Co. Job?

What Do You Think? Philadelphia, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- To be compensable under a workers’ compensation act, an employee’s injury must occur in the course and scope of employment. Sometimes, an employee’s claim that his injury […]
Could Widow Sue Maine Tavern for Husband’s Death in Beer-fueled Fight?
Could Widow Sue Maine Tavern for Husband’s Death in Beer-fueled Fight?

What Do You Think? Scarborough, ME (WorkersCompensation.com) -- The exclusivity provision in Maine’s workers’ compensation act bars an injured worker, or representative, from suing an employer after obtaining workers’ compensation benefits. One case addresses whether […]
Can Paper Co. Employee Keep Retaliation Claim out of Federal Court?
Can Paper Co. Employee Keep Retaliation Claim out of Federal Court?

What Do You Think? Henderson, KY (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Companies and employees involved in workers’ compensation claims sometimes fight over whether diversity jurisdiction exists such that the case can be heard in federal court rather than […]