What Do You Think? Employers can engage in FMLA interference by taking adverse action, or threatening to do so, in response to an employee’s use of FMLA leave.  That was a laboratory technician’s claim in […]

What Do You Think? To be compensable, an injury must be caused by the job in some way. A case involving the suicide of a police officer shows how critical expert testimony can be to […]

What Do You Think? The special mission exception can make an injury compensable even when it occurs while the employee is travelling. This can include travel to a company meeting. But what if the meeting […]

What Do You Think? A worker is generally considered an employee, not an independent contractor, if the company has the power to control her work. But what if she does all her work in a […]

What Do You Think? A claimant doesn’t have to provide expert medical testimony to show that her work caused her injury if it’s obvious that it did under the circumstances. But is it enough that […]

What Do You Think? Employees injured on the way to or from work are generally not entitled to workers’ compensation benefits for their injuries. There’s an exception to that rule where the employer provides the […]

What Do You Think? A traveling employee who is injured while working is generally considered to be eligible for workers’ compensation benefits. But what happens when the employee dies during? A case involving a trucker […]

What Do You Think? Injured North Carolina workers and their estates can sue their employer for negligence if they can meet the requirements of the Woodson exception to the exclusivity rule. A case involving a […]