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How Do You Request a Workers’ Compensation Penalty in Minnesota?
How Do You Request a Workers’ Compensation Penalty in Minnesota?

Form Focus Eagan, MN (WorkersCompensation.com) -- When there's a potential compliance lapse in the North Star state, what can an aggrieved party due to ensure that the possibility of punishment is set in play? Minnesota […]
Could Flight Attendant who Landed in Rehab Get FMLA Interference Claim off the Ground?
Could Flight Attendant who Landed in Rehab Get FMLA Interference Claim off the Ground?

What Do You Think? Chicago, IL (WorkersCompensation.com) -- The FMLA affords employees who take medical leave the right to reinstatement once they return from leave. A case involving a United flight attendant who sent ill-considered […]
Did Deflated Seat Cause Fuel Truck Driver’s Degenerative Spine Condition?
Did Deflated Seat Cause Fuel Truck Driver’s Degenerative Spine Condition?

What Do You Think? Pikeville, KY (WorkersCompensation.com) -- To obtain permanent total disability, an employee must show that the disability is causally connected to the workplace injury at issue. A case involving a truck driver […]
What’s the Latest Case on Simply Research?
What’s the Latest Case on Simply Research?

Tips & Tricks Why would we cover a 1995 case? Maybe it's good law and good knowledge.
Exclusive Remedy Knocks Out Mass. Worker’s Claims
Exclusive Remedy Knocks Out Mass. Worker’s Claims

Case File A Massachusetts worker had punched out and was heading to his car to leave for the day when a coworker plowed into him in an employer-owned vehicle. The exclusive remedy provisions of Massachusetts […]
Captives 101: Regulatory and Legal Considerations in Captive Insurance 
Captives 101: Regulatory and Legal Considerations in Captive Insurance 

Captive insurance programs offer businesses flexibility and control over their risk management strategies. Still, they also come with strict regulatory and legal responsibilities. Compliance with the regulatory framework is essential to a captive's long-term success. […]
Worker Can’t Tack on ADA Retaliation Charge to Claims
Worker Can’t Tack on ADA Retaliation Charge to Claims

Case File An Arkansas worker came up short in his attempt to add ADA retaliation charges related to his workers' compensation claim due to rules related to exhausting administrative remedies as well as the exclusive […]
Soccer Player Scores Second Look at Knee Injury Claim
Soccer Player Scores Second Look at Knee Injury Claim

Case File A professional soccer player injured her knee while playing in 2001 or 2002, but in 2015 she began experiencing problems with the other knee, something she attributed to having to walk different because […]