Tacoma, WA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Stressed out in Seattle? It may be compensable if it results from a single traumatic event. That's because in the State of Washington, stress resulting from exposure to a single traumatic […]

Gallatin, TN (WorkersCompensation.com) -- How does Tennessee define "petition for benefit determination"? The following spells it out. A petition for benefit determination is a written request for the bureau to assist in resolution of disputed […]

Gallatin, TN (WorkersCompensation.com) -- In Tennessee, "injury" and "personal injury" include "mental injury," which state law defines as a loss of mental faculties or a mental or behavioral disorder, arising primarily out of a compensable […]

Harrisburg, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Anyone who's ever paid for expensive prescriptions has probably felt a degree of "sticker shock" when footing the bill. But in Federated Insurance Co. v. Summit Pharmacy, No. 115 C.D. 2023 […]

Bangor, ME (WorkersCompensation.com) -- When does an employee's change in job duties represent new employment? As the Appellate Division of Maine's Workers' Compensation Board explained in Farmer v. Walmart Inc., No. 23-19 (W.C.B. Me. App. […]

Des Moines, IA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- When does a worker have an injury and when should he know that he has one that might raise workers' compensation questions? Recently, an Iowa case raised questions about timeliness, […]

Hartford, CT (WorkersCompensation.com) -- In general, the Connecticut "going and coming rule" maintains that a personal injury will not be deemed to arise out of employment for workers' compensation purposes if the injury is sustained: […]

Morris, MN (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Taking some extra time to prep for wintery conditions may help keep employees safe and keep employers away from workers' compensation claims. As a nursing facility learned in Trebil v. Legacy […]