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Animosity Behind N.C. Factory Worker’s Shooting Shows WCA Doesn’t Apply
Animosity Behind N.C. Factory Worker’s Shooting Shows WCA Doesn’t Apply

Hickory, NC (WorkersCompensation.com). – Exclusivity clauses in workers’ compensation acts generally don’t apply when a worker assaults a coworker for purely personal reasons. The question whether the WCA was a surviving spouse’s sole option for […]
Statute of Limitation Washes Out Ohio Worker’s Claim for Allowance
Statute of Limitation Washes Out Ohio Worker’s Claim for Allowance

Columbus, OH (WorkersCompensation.com) -- Time is money, they say, and that's true when it comes to filing a court claim regarding a workers' compensation case. As a worker discovered in Caldwell v. Whirlpool Corp., 2023 […]
What Do You Think: Is Paraplegic Entitled to Cost of Parents’ New House?
What Do You Think: Is Paraplegic Entitled to Cost of Parents’ New House?

Souderton, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) – In Pennsylvania, injured workers who are entitled to the purchase price of a wheelchair or other orthopedic device may also be entitled to the cost of home modifications necessary to use […]
It’s that Time Again
It’s that Time Again

May is perhaps the best month in Paradise. We have shaken the cold from our limbs and begun to settle in for another long, humid, and hot summer. But the humidity and high temperatures are […]
After Dog Bite at Work, Exclusivity Leashes Home Depot Employees Tort Claims
After Dog Bite at Work, Exclusivity Leashes Home Depot Employees Tort Claims

Harrisburg, PA (WorkersCompensation.com) -- It's hard to pass up a good "dog bites worker" story, but does workers' compensation law in Pennsylvania keep a worker who has on the job been bitten by a dog […]
Supervisor’s Comments Propel Fired Employee’s FMLA Retaliation Claim
Supervisor’s Comments Propel Fired Employee’s FMLA Retaliation Claim

Boston, MA (WorkersCompensation.com ) -- While an employee suing for FMLA retaliation may not ultimately win her case, it’s often a supervisor’s comments that propel the case to trial.That’s what happened in Logue v. The […]
Assault Exception Applies to Attack on Hotel Cleaner
Assault Exception Applies to Attack on Hotel Cleaner

Minneapolis, MN (WorkersCompensation.com) – In Minnesota, an employer may not be liable for injuries arising from a third party’s assault on a worker -- as long as the third party assaults the victim for personal […]
Do You Know the Rule? Minn. ‘Assault’ Exception
Do You Know the Rule? Minn. ‘Assault’ Exception

Minneapolis, MN (WorkersCompensation.com) -- If a third party holds a personal grudge against an employee that is unrelated to the employee’s job, and deliberately assaults him at work, the victim is likely out of luck […]