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Do You Know the Rule? Mich. Limitation of Liability
Do You Know the Rule? Mich. Limitation of Liability

Detroit, MI (WorkersCompensation.com) -- A Michigan rule spells out that no compensation shall be payable for an occupational disease if the employee at the time of entering into the employment of the employer by whom […]
Do You Know the Rule? N.Y. Presumption of Compensability for Workplace Assaults
Do You Know the Rule? N.Y. Presumption of Compensability for Workplace Assaults

Albany, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) -- In New York, it’s presumed that an injury which occurs in the course of work also arises out of employment and is thus compensable under the state’s workers’ compensation law. That […]
What Do You Think: Was Louisiana Renaissance Festival Jouster’s Fall from Horse Compensable?
What Do You Think: Was Louisiana Renaissance Festival Jouster’s Fall from Horse Compensable?

Hammond, LA (WorkersCompensation.com) – Louisiana exempts from workers’ compensation coverage certain types of employees, including, in some instances, “performers.” The definition of performer, however, is not clearcut.  A case involving a jousting competition at a […]
Iowa Top Court Clarifies that Vascular Disease Not Per Se Injury to Body as Whole
Iowa Top Court Clarifies that Vascular Disease Not Per Se Injury to Body as Whole

Des Moines, IA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- In workers' compensation law, administrative bodies are tasked with applying case law precedent to the best of their interpretive abilities, but sometimes it leads to interpretations that need clearing up. […]
N.Y. Presumption Leads Court to Find Fall Happened in Course of Employment
N.Y. Presumption Leads Court to Find Fall Happened in Course of Employment

If a worker falls on the job, but no one saw what happened, what happens? The court in Bosque v. Prime Support Inc., 2024 WL 1774127 (N.Y. App. Div. 04/25/24) addressed the question, applying a […]
Is Parkinson’s an Occupational Disease? W. Va. Top Court Says, ‘No’ for Paint Tech
Is Parkinson’s an Occupational Disease? W. Va. Top Court Says, ‘No’ for Paint Tech

Huntington, WV (WorkersCompensation.com) -- To establish compensability in West Virginia and other states, a worker must first establish that he developed a condition as a result of work. And as Gwinn v. Lewis Chevrolet Company, […]
Compliance Corner: N.Y. Hearings, Section 32 Waivers
Compliance Corner: N.Y. Hearings, Section 32 Waivers

Albany, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Insurers will often accept a claim and promptly begin paying benefits. However, an insurer can dispute a claim for various reasons. It may not agree that the employee was injured, it may […]
Pa. Top Court will Consider Cannabis, Lower Court found it Covered under Comp Act
Pa. Top Court will Consider Cannabis, Lower Court found it Covered under Comp Act

Harrisburg, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Last week, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania granted a Petition for Allowance of Appeal in Schmidt v. Schmidt, Kirifides and Rassias, PC, 2024 WL 1873090 (Pa. 04/30/24). When the case comes […]