Magnifying Glass

The Mystery of the Overdosing Worker Whose Spouse Sought Death Benefits
The Mystery of the Overdosing Worker Whose Spouse Sought Death Benefits

Can You Solve the Case? Marion, IA (WorkersCompensation.com) – A case involving an injured employee who tragically died from a drug overdose in 2016 shows how Iowa’s willful injury defense can go either way when the […]
Availability of Jobs Sinks CNA’s Try for PTD Benefits
Availability of Jobs Sinks CNA’s Try for PTD Benefits

Case File Evidence that a worker had access to a variety of other jobs defeated her argument that nothing was available that she could do within a 50-mile radius of her home. Simply Research subscribers […]
Did ‘Severe’ Drunkenness Render Fall from Ladder Non-Compensable?
Did ‘Severe’ Drunkenness Render Fall from Ladder Non-Compensable?

Case File Brooklyn, NY (WorkersCompensation.com) -- In New York, when a workplace injury is caused by an employee’s intoxication, the injury may not be compensable under the Workers’ Compensation Act. A case involving an employee […]
Worker’s Running in Red $300 per Month doesn’t Show ‘Extreme Financial Hardship’
Worker’s Running in Red $300 per Month doesn’t Show ‘Extreme Financial Hardship’

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 […]
Was Deceased Paratransit Driver’s COVID-19 Linked to his Job?
Was Deceased Paratransit Driver’s COVID-19 Linked to his Job?

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 […]
Supervisor’s Credibility Disconnects Verizon Worker’s PTSD claim 
Supervisor’s Credibility Disconnects Verizon Worker’s PTSD claim 

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 […]
Carrier’s Lack of Control Shows that Driver was Independent Contractor
Carrier’s Lack of Control Shows that Driver was Independent Contractor

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 […]
Could Fiancee of Ohio Man who Fell through Roof Appeal Dependency Decision?
Could Fiancee of Ohio Man who Fell through Roof Appeal Dependency Decision?

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 […]