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Ariz. Worker’s Death from COVID Ruled to Have Arisen from Job
Ariz. Worker’s Death from COVID Ruled to Have Arisen from Job

Phoenix, AZ (WorkersCompensation.com) -- While much of life and work has returned to what it looked like before 2020, there will always be reminders of how severe the pandemic was at its height. For example, […]
Do You Know the Rule? Md. Last Injurious Exposure
Do You Know the Rule? Md. Last Injurious Exposure

Catonsville, MD (WorkersCompensation.com) -- When an occupational disease develops over time, and a worker has had multiple employers exposing him to a potential hazard connected to the condition, it becomes very difficult to establish which […]
What Do You Think: Could Yacht Club Worker Sue Under Federal Admiralty Law?
What Do You Think: Could Yacht Club Worker Sue Under Federal Admiralty Law?

Los Angeles, CA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- There is federal law that governs what happens on navigable waters, but when does it apply to workers' compensation law? Such was the question a California appellate court recently tackled […]
N.Y. Auditor’s Stress Doesn’t Merit Workers’ Compensation Benefits
N.Y. Auditor’s Stress Doesn’t Merit Workers’ Compensation Benefits

Utica, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Ever hear someone say, "Work sucks"? Well, in Sakanovic v. Utica Mutual Insurance Co., 2023 WL 4936788 (N.Y. App. Div. 08/03/23), a New York court decided that work didn't suck enough […]
N.H. College Veep’s Change of Condition Leads to Cut in Benefits
N.H. College Veep’s Change of Condition Leads to Cut in Benefits

Center Sandwich, NH (WorkersCompensation.com) -- To what extent does a worker's change in medical condition also present a change in earning capacity? According to the New Hampshire Supreme Court in Appeal of Fran Rancourt, No. […]
Injection Treatment’s Allowing Minn. Worker to Hold Job, Cut Opioids Warrants Application of ‘Rare Case Exception’
Injection Treatment’s Allowing Minn. Worker to Hold Job, Cut Opioids Warrants Application of ‘Rare Case Exception’

Minneapolis, MN (WorkersCompensation.com) -- In Minnesota, treatment parameters are set up to keep costs low when an injured worker is under medical care. But as was the case in McKeever v. Cub Foods, No. WC22-6499 […]
Do You Know the Rule? Wis. Computation of Weekly Wage
Do You Know the Rule? Wis. Computation of Weekly Wage

Milwaukee, WI (WorkersCompensation.com) -- People probably don't go into workers' compensation because they have a love for numbers, but you won't get far before running into math along the way. So, to keep things clear […]
Glossary Check: Mo. ‘Occupational Disease’
Glossary Check: Mo. ‘Occupational Disease’

St. Louis, MO (WorkersCompensation.com) -- It's hard to say which definitions in state workers' compensation law are more important than others, but if you were going to start a short list of ones that were […]