What Do You Think? There are circumstances where an employee can have a stroke at home and collect workers’ compensation benefits. But as a case involving a stressed-out teacher shows, the employee will have to […]

25 for 25 in '25 Not only do workers' compensation people have to know something about taxes, but they might need to brush up on the ins and outs of bankruptcy law, as a case […]

What Do You Think? New York’s Labor Law § 240(1) is designed, in part, to protect workers from falling objects. A recent case addresses whether a pneumatic tool falling off a fence and injuring a worker […]

Do You Know the Rule? How do physician assistants get paid in the State of Washington? Looking for rules and regulations from across the U.S., look to Simply Research. Billing for physician assistant services will […]

Compliance Corner They say everything's bigger in Texas, but even in the Longhorn State, there's still only 24 hours in a day, and when it comes to deadlines under the state's Workers' Compensation Act, the […]

On January 24, 2025, the Supreme Court of Illinois, in Martin v. Goodrich Corp., ruled that a widow of an employee who died from liver cancer as a result of workplace exposure to carcinogenic substances, was […]

What Do You Think? An injury that does not occur in the course of employment can be compensable in Louisiana depending on how closely related it is to a prior work-related injury. A case involving […]

25 for 25 in '25 We've been going back through the years since 2000 to reminisce about what the last quarter century has brought in the way of notable cases. This one harkens back to […]