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Do You Know the Rule? Colo. Exclusions, Exemptions
Do You Know the Rule? Colo. Exclusions, Exemptions

Denver, CO (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Not all workers are covered under states' workers' compensation laws. So, how are you to know who is and isn't under the workers' compensation umbrella? Like many states, Colorado spells it […]
Bringing Gear Home Gives No Benefit to Employer, so Conn. Firefighter Loses Claim
Bringing Gear Home Gives No Benefit to Employer, so Conn. Firefighter Loses Claim

Waterbury, CT (WorkersCompensation.com) -- If a worker tries to shorten his commute by bringing necessary items for his job home with him, is that for his benefit or his employer's? According to the court in […]
Not Making Argument Sooner Curbs Ariz. Trader Joe’s Worker’s Case
Not Making Argument Sooner Curbs Ariz. Trader Joe’s Worker’s Case

Phoenix, AZ (WorkersCompensation.com) -- While not flashy or exciting, cases about procedural requirements can help show the way to a case that makes its way through court. Such was the case in Knutson v. Industrial […]
Cheat Sheet: Minn. Petitions Filed with Workers’ Compensation Division
Cheat Sheet: Minn. Petitions Filed with Workers’ Compensation Division

Minneapolis, MN (WorkersCompensation.com) -- If you had to file a petition with Minnesota's Workers' Compensation Division, would you know what to do and how the process would work? The following chart breaks down the steps. […]
Glossary Check: Conn. Workers’ Compensation Medicare Set-Aside Arrangement
Glossary Check: Conn. Workers’ Compensation Medicare Set-Aside Arrangement

Hartford, CT (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Those who have spent some time in the workers' compensation industry have likely encountered Medicare set-asides. Because of the significance of MSAs in its state workers' compensation schemes, Connecticut has spelled […]
Form Focus: Pa. Rules for Appealing Workers’ Compensation Judge’s Decision to the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board
Form Focus: Pa. Rules for Appealing Workers’ Compensation Judge’s Decision to the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board

Harrisburg, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Regular readers of our Daily Headlines have surely noticed that something that often happens in a workers' compensation case is that a claimant will appeal the workers' compensation judge's decision to […]
What Do You Think: Did Miss. Worker Show Bad-Faith Refusal to Pay Workers’ Compensation Benefits?
What Do You Think: Did Miss. Worker Show Bad-Faith Refusal to Pay Workers’ Compensation Benefits?

Tupelo, MS (WorkersCompensation.com) -- When someone is employed by one employer and does work for another in some capacity, the question of who owes workers' compensation when the worker gets injured sometimes presents some sticky […]
How the Court Ruled
How the Court Ruled

If you selected B, you agreed with the court in Horne v. XL Insurance America Inc., 2023 WL 3354317 (N.D. Miss. 05/10/23), in which the court ruled against the worker, finding that she did not […]