Do You Know the Rule? An injury is compensable under the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Act if the injury arose out of and in the course and scope of employment. Generally, to occur in the course […]

Do You Know the Rule? Only accidental injuries arising out of and in the course of employment are compensable under New York’s Workers' Compensation Law. This sometimes includes psychological injuries.  Interested in compliance information from […]

DeRidder, LA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- If a company or carrier suspects an employee of making false statements to obtain or extend workers’ compensation benefits, having a private investigator film the claimant’s activities prior to and after […]

What Do You Think? Milwaukie, OR (WorkersCompensation.com) – Injuries at work arising from a medical condition are generally deemed not to arise out of employment. When the source of the injury is unexplained, on the […]

What Do You Think? Washington, DC (WorkersCompensation.com) – An employee needs to point to a serious health condition to bring an FMLA interference claim. One case addresses the question of whether merely alleging that he […]

Do You Know the Rule? Iowa’s workers’ compensation statute does not allow employees, or their surviving family members, to collect benefits when the employee, effectively, knowingly harmed himself. This is the willful-injury defense outlined in […]

Do You Know the Rule? In Ohio, an injured worker may obtain a VSSR award in addition to regular workers’ compensation benefits if the employer violated safety regulations.  An award for a VSSR is "a […]

What Do You Think? White Plains, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) -- As COVID-19-related workers’ compensation appeals make their way through the New York courts, it becomes somewhat clear what it takes to establish or defend against such […]