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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 […]
Personal Nature of Argument Over Kids Makes Workers’ Ensuing Injury Non-compensable
Personal Nature of Argument Over Kids Makes Workers’ Ensuing Injury Non-compensable

Dayton, OH (WorkersCompensation.com) – In Ohio, an employee must clear two hurdles to show that a fight-related injury at work arose out her employment. The city worker in Dayton v. Parson, No. 29353. (Ohio App. […]
Case Management Focus: The Life-Long Impact of a Catastrophic Injury on the Worker
Case Management Focus: The Life-Long Impact of a Catastrophic Injury on the Worker

Sarasota, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) -- As a case manager, I have worked with several people who sustained catastrophic injuries. My role was to help them work through the system, settle them with needed resources, and close […]
Glossary Check: Ariz. Elevators
Glossary Check: Ariz. Elevators

Phoenix, AZ (WorkersCompensation.com) -- The world of elevator safety has its ups and downs, but it also has its fair share of definitions. The chart below breaks down how the State of Arizona defines terms […]
Wife Can’t Link Husband’s COVID Death to Workplace
Wife Can’t Link Husband’s COVID Death to Workplace

New York, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) – Many states, including New York, created a specific standard for determining whether an individual infected by COVID-19 can tie that injury to their employment.As one case shows, it’s not enough […]
N.J. Worker’s Case Offers no Basis for Federal Jurisdiction
N.J. Worker’s Case Offers no Basis for Federal Jurisdiction

Jersey City, NJ (WorkersCompensation.com) -- You don't have to make a federal case out of it, and if you're looking for some kind of relief under state workers' compensation law, you probably can't. As a […]
IME Status Renders N.Y. Doctor’s Testimony, Reports Inadmissible
IME Status Renders N.Y. Doctor’s Testimony, Reports Inadmissible

New York, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) -- How much does medical treatment have to look like an independent medical examination to officially count as an IME? In Feldman v. New York City Transit Authority, 2023 WL 3099529 […]
Animosity Behind N.C. Factory Worker’s Shooting Shows WCA Doesn’t Apply
Animosity Behind N.C. Factory Worker’s Shooting Shows WCA Doesn’t Apply

Hickory, NC (WorkersCompensation.com). – Exclusivity clauses in workers’ compensation acts generally don’t apply when a worker assaults a coworker for purely personal reasons. The question whether the WCA was a surviving spouse’s sole option for […]