What Do You Think? Schenectady, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) -- A few key pieces of evidence usually work together to show whether an employee was or was not misrepresenting his injuries to obtain workers’ compensation benefits. In […]

Stuart, FL (WorkersCompensation.com) -- It's that time of year again where the news desk looks back on what we learned that we might be able to take forward for a better new year. Or maybe […]

What Do You Think? Sioux Falls, SD (WorkersCompensation.com) -- The steps a company takes to either fuel or put the brakes on an employee’s workers’ compensation retaliation claim tend to repeat themselves from case to […]

What Do You Think? Ravenswood, WV (WorkersCompensation.com) -- To obtain workers’ compensation benefits, an employee generally has to show, among other things, that her injury was caused by her work activities. A case involving a […]

Case File While a worker injured on the job didn't present evidence regarding whether Washington, D.C.'s exclusive remedy rules should apply, an appeals court found that the lower court was too hasty in deciding that […]

What Do You Think? Booneville, AK (WorkersCompensation.com) – In Arkansas, medical conditions that are a natural consequence of a compensable workplace injury may entitle an employee to additional benefits. As one case illustrates, when defending […]

Case File Because a worker presented evidence that his psychological condition had worsened, the Ohio Supreme Court determine that an SHO too hastily turned away his request for PTD benefits. Simply Research subscribers have access […]

DeRidder, LA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- If a company or carrier suspects an employee of making false statements to obtain or extend workers’ compensation benefits, having a private investigator film the claimant’s activities prior to and after […]