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Could La. Barge Cleaner Sue After Getting Blasted into Bayou?
Could La. Barge Cleaner Sue After Getting Blasted into Bayou?

What Do You Think? Gibson, LA (WorkersCompensation.com) – The exclusive remedy provision generally compels injured employees to seek relief solely through the state’s workers’ compensation act. But what if the individual who is injured was […]
Could Deceased Worker’s Adult Son get Death Benefits?
Could Deceased Worker’s Adult Son get Death Benefits?

What Do You Think? Chester, IL (WorkersCompensation.com) – In Illinois, a dependent of a worker who dies as a result of a workplace accident may be entitled to death benefits. A dependent generally includes a […]
What Do You Think: Was Teacher with Attendance Issues Fired due to Claim?
What Do You Think: Was Teacher with Attendance Issues Fired due to Claim?

Beachwood, OH (WorkersCompensation.com) – Workers’ compensation retaliation cases often boil down to a battle of stories, and which one sounds most convincing and is backed up by tangible evidence. A case involving a daycare center […]
Perdue Worker Doesn’t Establish that COVID-19 was ‘Natural to’ Work Environment
Perdue Worker Doesn’t Establish that COVID-19 was ‘Natural to’ Work Environment

Dover, DE (WorkersCompensation.com) -- People whose jobs required them to be onsite during the worst of the COVID-19 surely faced a greater risk of contracting SARS-CoV-2 than their work-from-home counterparts, but does that mean that […]
What Do You Think: Could Worker who Lost Part of Finger Sue for Negligence?
What Do You Think: Could Worker who Lost Part of Finger Sue for Negligence?

Houston, TX (WorkersCompensation.com) – In Texas, an employee assigned by a staffing agency to work for the staffing agency’s client may be subject to the exclusive remedy provision of the workers’ compensation statute. If provision […]
University Employee’s Trek Off Campus finds Coverage under ‘Positional Risk’ Test
University Employee’s Trek Off Campus finds Coverage under ‘Positional Risk’ Test

Washington, DC (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Generally speaking, the going and coming rule bars compensation when an employee's injury is sustained off the worker premises, while en route to or from work. However, as Rieger v. District […]
Assaulted by Patient, Nurse Can’t Connect Continued PTSD to Workplace Injury
Assaulted by Patient, Nurse Can’t Connect Continued PTSD to Workplace Injury

Augusta, ME (WorkersCompensation.com) -- When medical evidence could point for or against a worker, what's that mean for a workers' compensation claim? As the court in McLaughlin v. Community Living Association, No. App. Div. 23-0019 […]
Benefits for Loss of Vision, Other Injuries don’t Equal Double Recovery for Ill. Miner
Benefits for Loss of Vision, Other Injuries don’t Equal Double Recovery for Ill. Miner

Mokena, IL (WorkersCompensation.com) -- When a worker is awarded permanent benefits for a scheduled loss, would an award for unscheduled losses result in double recovery of workers' compensation? Not according to the court in American […]