What Do You Think? White Plains, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) -- As COVID-19-related workers’ compensation appeals make their way through the New York courts, it becomes somewhat clear what it takes to establish or defend against such […]

Case File An attorney for a New York workers' compensation claimant was awarded attorney's fees, but his push for an additional award that would be payable from penalties imposed in the case ran into a […]

What Do You Think? Rochester, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Whether a heart attack is linked to work often hinges on multiple factors, such medical experts’ testimony, the employee’s cardiovascular health, and when and where the heart […]

What Do You Think? New York, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Generally, individuals and entities seeking to collect a debt cannot access an employee’s workers’ compensation benefits. But does that apply to crime victims seek monetary compensation […]

Case File Whether a second injury warranted setting aside a new award required a look at the evidence. Simply Research subscribers have access to the full text of the case. Case Lehet v. Roofers Advantage […]

Can You Solve the Case? Marion, IA (WorkersCompensation.com) – A case involving an injured employee who tragically died from a drug overdose in 2016 shows how Iowa’s willful injury defense can go either way when the […]

Case File Evidence that a worker had access to a variety of other jobs defeated her argument that nothing was available that she could do within a 50-mile radius of her home. Simply Research subscribers […]

Case File Brooklyn, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) -- In New York, when a workplace injury is caused by an employee’s intoxication, the injury may not be compensable under the Workers’ Compensation Act. A case involving an employee […]