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Surviving Spouse Can’t Secure Permanency Benefits on Worker’s ‘Permanent’ Eye Injury
Surviving Spouse Can’t Secure Permanency Benefits on Worker’s ‘Permanent’ Eye Injury

Case File A worker died with "permanent" loss of vision related to a fall on the job, but that didn't entitle his surviving spouse to permanency benefits because there was no finding of maximum medical […]
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Preexisting Injuries Pose No Problem for W.Va. Mechanic’s Claim
Preexisting Injuries Pose No Problem for W.Va. Mechanic’s Claim

Case File The West Virgina top court upheld an Office of Judges' decision that found in a worker's favor on the basis that the employer didn't connect the dots between an alleged preexisting condition and […]
Could Home Improvement Company Employee Cut by Saw in N.H. Seek Vt. Benefits?
Could Home Improvement Company Employee Cut by Saw in N.H. Seek Vt. Benefits?

Bellows Falls, VT (WorkersCompensation.com) – Whether an employer’s workers’ compensation coverage applies when an employee is injured in another state depends on the state’s WCA–and how courts decide to interpret it. A case involving a […]
Did Surf Shop Worker’s Ladder Injury Claim ‘Jump the Shark?’
Did Surf Shop Worker’s Ladder Injury Claim ‘Jump the Shark?’

What Do You Think? Hilton Head, SC (WorkersCompensation.com) – Workers compensation is generally available for an injury that occurs in the course and scope of employment. A South Carolina case delves into the question of […]
Could Staffing Agency Employee Sue Food Processing Company Where She Slipped?
Could Staffing Agency Employee Sue Food Processing Company Where She Slipped?

What Do You Think? Goshen, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) – Staffing agencies send employees out to work at a host of other company’s facilities. Do those employees become employees of the other companies for purposes of workers’ […]
The Limitations of the Unfair Insurance Practices Act in Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Disputes 
The Limitations of the Unfair Insurance Practices Act in Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Disputes 

by Robert S. Stickley, Esq. and Connor J. Thomson, CPCU, WRP  Statutory Language and Case Law  An emerging, highly disturbing trend in Pennsylvania first-party disputes is plaintiffs alleging that insurance companies acted in bad faith […]
‘Buddy Exemption’ gets a Thumbs Down from Alaska High Court
‘Buddy Exemption’ gets a Thumbs Down from Alaska High Court

Juneau, AK (WorkersCompensation.com) -- It would make sense that if you hired your friend to do some work around the house for you, even if you paid them, it probably wouldn't trigger workers' compensation coverage. […]