What Do You Think? In Arizona, an employer can generally convince a hearing officer to dismiss an employee’s hearing request if the request is untimely. This is the case even when the employer is seeking […]

Do You Know The Rule? The general rule in Pennsylvania is that an employee cannot sue his employer for personal injury arising from his employment.  Pennsylvania’s “personal animus” exception makes it possible to sue for […]

Case File When a Florida teacher sought continuing medical treatments for headaches she experienced after being hit by a student, her employer's failure to contest the compensability of those headaches within 120 days meant she […]

What Do You Think? A “borrowed servant” is entitled to workers’ compensation for work-related injuries. When the borrowed servant doctrine applies, it also limits workers’ ability to sue the company that “borrowed” them for negligence […]

Case File After a teacher experienced a serious eye injury at the hands of a violent student, her request for benefits later on hit twin snags in the form of a legal doctrine and a […]

Case File A contractor did what it was supposed to under workers' compensation law in Mississippi to make sure its subcontractor provided workers' compensation benefits, so when the subcontractor's owner opted out of coverage, he […]

by Frank Sorochen, Esq., and Connor J. Thomson, CPCU, WRP  Roles of Workers’ Compensation Wholesale Brokers  Wholesale brokers are intermediaries between retail agents or brokers and insurance companies, facilitating access to markets, coverage, and reduced […]

Case File The Garden State's exclusive remedy rule along with policy language prevented a contractor from enforcing a duty to defend against its insurer. Simply Research subscribers have access to the full text of the […]