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Could Arkansas Food Worker Reopen Stale WC Claim?
Could Arkansas Food Worker Reopen Stale WC Claim?

What Do You Think? Phoenix, AZ (WorkersCompensation.com) -- In Arizona, when an ALJ denies a claimant’s request to reopen a workers’ compensation case, the claimant has 90 days to challenge that decision. One case illustrates […]
Did La. Resident Become ‘Travelling Employee’ by Working at Ky. Jobsite?
Did La. Resident Become ‘Travelling Employee’ by Working at Ky. Jobsite?

Maysville, KY (WorkersCompensation.com). The “travelling employee” doctrine allows an employee, in some cases, to collect workers’ compensation benefits for injuries sustained away from the jobsite. A recent Kentucky Supreme Court ruling involving a construction foreman […]
Did Company Need to Pick ADA Accommodation When Welder Asked for FMLA Leave?
Did Company Need to Pick ADA Accommodation When Welder Asked for FMLA Leave?

What Do You Think? Chattanooga, TN (WorkersCompensation.com) – An employer must work with an employee to identify possible accommodations once that worker requests an accommodation under the ADA. But what if the employee merely asks […]
Did Supervisor’s Text, Comments Show Walmart Manager Lost Job due to Retaliation?
Did Supervisor’s Text, Comments Show Walmart Manager Lost Job due to Retaliation?

What Do You Think? Boothwyn, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) – Comments and texts from supervisors can sometimes support an employee’s claim of retaliation. But as a case involving a Walmart store manager shows, the employee still needs to […]
Was Curling Lawnmowers with Shoulder Injury Xmas Miracle or Misrepresentation?
Was Curling Lawnmowers with Shoulder Injury Xmas Miracle or Misrepresentation?

What Do You Think? Schenectady, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) -- A few key pieces of evidence usually work together to show whether an employee was or was not misrepresenting his injuries to obtain workers’ compensation benefits. In […]
Did WC Claim Cause Meat Plant to Put Worker’s Job in Grinder?
Did WC Claim Cause Meat Plant to Put Worker’s Job in Grinder?

What Do You Think? Sioux Falls, SD (WorkersCompensation.com) -- The steps a company takes to either fuel or put the brakes on an employee’s workers’ compensation retaliation claim tend to repeat themselves from case to […]
Was Janitor whose Knee Popped in Hallway Entitled to Benefits?
Was Janitor whose Knee Popped in Hallway Entitled to Benefits?

What Do You Think? Ravenswood, WV (WorkersCompensation.com) -- To obtain workers’ compensation benefits, an employee generally has to show, among other things, that her injury was caused by her work activities. A case involving a […]
Did Company have to Identify ADA Accommodation Just Because Welder Asked for FMLA Leave?
Did Company have to Identify ADA Accommodation Just Because Welder Asked for FMLA Leave?

Chattanooga, TN (WorkersCompensation.com) – An employer must work with an employee to identify possible accommodations once that worker requests an accommodation under the ADA. But what if the employee merely asks for FMLA leave, and […]