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Do You Know the Rule? Tenn. ‘Discovery Rule’ for Gradually Occurring Injuries
Do You Know the Rule? Tenn. ‘Discovery Rule’ for Gradually Occurring Injuries

Employees must provide prompt notice of an injury if they are seeking workers’ compensation. However, if the injury develops over a long period of time, the employee might not know about it, might not know […]
What Do You Think: Was Trucker with Back Injury his Transportation Broker’s ‘Employee’?
What Do You Think: Was Trucker with Back Injury his Transportation Broker’s ‘Employee’?

New Hope, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) Employees can wear many hats. But does a company hat make a worker an “employee?” Along with a few factors that are especially relevant to distinguishing which truckers are employees, and […]
What Do You Think: Did Tenn. Packaging Company Know Clamorous Environment Injured Worker’s Hearing?
What Do You Think: Did Tenn. Packaging Company Know Clamorous Environment Injured Worker’s Hearing?

Jackson, TN (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Workers who suffer a gradual onset injury, such as hearing loss that occurs over a long period, must notify their employer of the injury within 30 days of when they knew […]
Do You Know the Rule? Exceptions to ‘Coming and Going Rule’ in La.
Do You Know the Rule? Exceptions to ‘Coming and Going Rule’ in La.

New Orleans, LA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- In Louisiana, as in other states, when an employee is injured while traveling to and from work, the injury is considered not to have occurred within the course of employment. […]
What Do You Think: Could County Fire Worker on FMLA Leave for Poor Performance?
What Do You Think: Could County Fire Worker on FMLA Leave for Poor Performance?

Little Rock, AR (WorkersCompensation.com) – It never looks good when an employer fires a worker while they are on FMLA leave. It can create the appearance that the termination was reprisal for taking the leave, […]
What Do You Think: Could Ariz. Youth Mentor Shot by Stalker Sue Employer for Unsafe Workplace?
What Do You Think: Could Ariz. Youth Mentor Shot by Stalker Sue Employer for Unsafe Workplace?

Phoenix, AZ (WorkersCompensation.com) -- When someone an employee knows outside of work comes to the workplace and injures her, the injury is often not compensable because it’s not work-connected. In that situation, a court is […]
What Do You Think: Could Temp Pinned by Mechanical Arm Sue Assigned Employer?
What Do You Think: Could Temp Pinned by Mechanical Arm Sue Assigned Employer?

Wilkes-Barre, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Employers with workers’ compensation coverage are generally immune to negligence lawsuits for work-related injuries. But what happens if the worker is hired by and paid by an employment agency, but sent […]
What Do You Think: Could N.Y. Worker Injured When Rail Fell on his Shoulder File Claim Nearly Two Years Later?
What Do You Think: Could N.Y. Worker Injured When Rail Fell on his Shoulder File Claim Nearly Two Years Later?

Long Island City, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Filing a late workers’ compensation claim for a compensable claim is not always the claim’s death knell. In New York, for example, there are three potential exceptions to the […]