Case File A New York worker couldn't make ends meet, but as Simply Research subscribers know from the full text of her case, that didn't mean she fit the bill for "extreme financial hardship" in […]

New York, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) -- As an employer or workers’ compensation carrier in New York, when should you fight a COVID-19-related claim, and when should you not? A case involving a worker who drove sick […]

Case File Work is stressful—sometimes very stressful. But an employee is unlikely to have a compensable claim based on stress alone. Instead, she’ll have to show that stress was out of the ordinary—greater than what […]

Case File Because a carrier didn't hold control over how a driver did his work, what equipment he used, and the schedule he followed, the driver was an independent contractor and not an employee under […]

What Do You Think? LaGrange, OH (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Dependents are entitled to seek death benefits under the Ohio workers’ compensation act. But if the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation finds that the claimants are not dependents […]

Case File A worker didn't report his injury "forthwith" as required by Arizona law, but that didn't spell doom for his workers' compensation benefits. Simply Research subscribers have access to the full text of the […]

What Do You Think? Cincinnati, OH (WorkersCompensation.com) -- An employee does not always have to get injured inside the building where he works to be covered by workers’ compensation benefits. One exception to the “coming […]

By Margaret H. “Meg” Donahue  Background  The South Carolina appellate courts have been faced with several questions on workers’ compensation in recent months, producing opinions that will affect practice points and claims handling in defending […]