Case File Colorado's top court decided that an employee injured in the course of his employment by the acts of an uninsured or underinsured third-party tortfeasor, and who receives workers' compensation benefits as a result, […]

Case File A medical expert's conclusion based on a "reasonable degree of medical certainty" was enough to establish a causal link between a worker's using a required N95 mask on the job and her respiratory […]

What Do You Think? Scarborough, ME (WorkersCompensation.com) -- The exclusivity provision in Maine’s workers’ compensation act bars an injured worker, or representative, from suing an employer after obtaining workers’ compensation benefits. One case addresses whether […]

Grafton, OH (WorkersCompensation.com) – Sometimes people just fall at work and it’s not clear why. The question then becomes what standard to apply to determine whether the resulting injury arose out of employment.  A case […]

Case File In overruling a precedent case, the Nevada Supreme Court granted that workers' compensation insurers may assess the total proceeds of a third-party settlement with an injured worker, regardless of whether the proceeds are […]

What Do You Think? Chicago, IL (WorkersCompensation.com) -- The FMLA affords employees who take medical leave the right to reinstatement once they return from leave. A case involving a United flight attendant who sent ill-considered […]

What Do You Think? Pikeville, KY (WorkersCompensation.com) -- To obtain permanent total disability, an employee must show that the disability is causally connected to the workplace injury at issue. A case involving a truck driver […]

Case File A Massachusetts worker had punched out and was heading to his car to leave for the day when a coworker plowed into him in an employer-owned vehicle. The exclusive remedy provisions of Massachusetts […]