Austin, TX (WorkersCompensation.com) -- No one wants to see a worker die, but unfortunately, it happens sometimes. When it does, Texas has procedural rules for how benefits are distributed. The following information breaks down those […]

Indianapolis, IN (WorkersCompensation.com) -- In Indiana, if someone appeals a trial court decision on grounds that the court erred in some way when it came to ruling on evidence in the case, procedural rules require […]

Springfield, IL (WorkersCompensation.com) -- While courts often are forgiving of minor mistakes that parties without legal representation make, just because a claimant doesn't have an attorney doesn't mean he can circumvent the rules. As a […]

Trenton, NJ (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Generally, a worker who is paid to travel but is injured during a personal errand isn’t entitled to workers’ compensation benefits. But what if, on the way to a jobsite, the […]

Springfield, IL (WorkersCompensation.com) -- It's not uncommon for workers' compensation cases to involve multiple sources of medical evidence that span a period of months or years. But as Harrah's Illinois Corporation v. Illinois Workers' Compensation […]

Las Vegas, NV (WorkersCompensation.com) -- For those who checked out Chris Parker's Nov. 2 What Do You Think feature, you ran into a helping of the "odd lot" doctrine in Nevada. So just what does […]

Phoenix, AZ (WorkersCompensation.com) -- When a worker's wrist problems sent him into surgery, did he have enough medical evidence to establish a compensable injury? According to the court in, Johnson v. Industrial Commission of Arizona, […]

On October 25, 2023, the Florida First District Court of Appeal, in Siena v. Orange County Fire Rescue/CCMSI, held that the spouse of a firefighter who died of cancer is entitled to death benefits under workers […]