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Navigating Recent Legal Decisions: Impacts on Adjusters in Idaho Workers’ Compensation Claims
Navigating Recent Legal Decisions: Impacts on Adjusters in Idaho Workers’ Compensation Claims

Boise, ID (WorkersCompensation.com) -- The Idaho Industrial Commission Annual Seminar on Workers' Compensation, held in Boise, Idaho, featured a highly anticipated session titled "The Impact of Recent Decisions on Adjusting Claims." This segment aimed to […]
Court’s Focus on Injury, Rather than Surgery, Halts W. Va. Worker’s Claim
Court’s Focus on Injury, Rather than Surgery, Halts W. Va. Worker’s Claim

Charleston, WV (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Just because two doctors present evidence in a worker's favor doesn't mean that a court will go with the popular vote. In Lucas v. Blue Creek Mining, LLC, No. 21-0655 (W. […]
Bringing Gear Home Gives No Benefit to Employer, so Conn. Firefighter Loses Claim
Bringing Gear Home Gives No Benefit to Employer, so Conn. Firefighter Loses Claim

Waterbury, CT (WorkersCompensation.com) -- If a worker tries to shorten his commute by bringing necessary items for his job home with him, is that for his benefit or his employer's? According to the court in […]
What Do You Think: Was N.Y. Detective Trashed by Truck ‘In Course of Employment?’
What Do You Think: Was N.Y. Detective Trashed by Truck ‘In Course of Employment?’

Stonybrook, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) – Employees are usually not entitled to workers’ compensation benefits for injuries that occur on their way to work. But as a case involving a detective struck by a truck on the […]
Cheat Sheet: Minn. Petitions Filed with Workers’ Compensation Division
Cheat Sheet: Minn. Petitions Filed with Workers’ Compensation Division

Minneapolis, MN (WorkersCompensation.com) -- If you had to file a petition with Minnesota's Workers' Compensation Division, would you know what to do and how the process would work? The following chart breaks down the steps. […]
What Do You Think: Was Physical Therapist’s ‘Stress Event’ Physical Injury?
What Do You Think: Was Physical Therapist’s ‘Stress Event’ Physical Injury?

Albany, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) – It’s much easier for an employee to obtain workers’ compensation benefits in New York for a physical injury than for a “psychic” or mental injury. But what if a physical injury […]
Do You Know the Rule? ‘Family Members’ Entitled to Death Benefits in Ohio
Do You Know the Rule? ‘Family Members’ Entitled to Death Benefits in Ohio

Columbus, OH (WorkersCompensation.com) -- In Ohio, not everyone who was in a relationship with a deceased worker is considered a family member potentially entitled to death benefits under the state’s workers’ compensation laws. On the […]
What Do You Think: Did Miss. Worker Show Bad-Faith Refusal to Pay Workers’ Compensation Benefits?
What Do You Think: Did Miss. Worker Show Bad-Faith Refusal to Pay Workers’ Compensation Benefits?

Tupelo, MS (WorkersCompensation.com) -- When someone is employed by one employer and does work for another in some capacity, the question of who owes workers' compensation when the worker gets injured sometimes presents some sticky […]