What Do You Think? Georgia’s Rycroft defense can help an employer avoid paying workers’ compensation benefits in certain circumstances where the employee made a fraudulent misrepresentation about her pre-existing physical injuries. But what happens if the company […]

What Do You Think? New Hampshire’s statute of limitations period for filing a workers’ compensation claim is generally three years. A recent ruling from the state’s high court addresses whether, in the case of death […]

What Do You Think? Courts generally weigh multiple factors when determining whether an injured employee is unable to return to work for purposes of a PTD award. A Kentucky case involving a hospital nurse illustrates […]

What Do You Think? An employer generally has discretion to choose among reasonable accommodations for purposes of ADA compliance. A case involving a Maryland pest control technician for Orkin addresses the question of whether putting […]

When an employee of a West Virginia company is injured while working in another state, which state pays? As one case shows, this tends to hinge on how long the claimant worked in the other […]

What Do You Think? There are circumstances where an employee can have a stroke at home and collect workers’ compensation benefits. But as a case involving a stressed-out teacher shows, the employee will have to […]

What Do You Think? New York’s Labor Law § 240(1) is designed, in part, to protect workers from falling objects. A recent case addresses whether a pneumatic tool falling off a fence and injuring a worker […]

What Do You Think? An employee who makes herself look more injured than she is may find herself without benefits in New York. A case involving a worker for a dialysis center highlights what types […]