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 […]

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 late-in-the game shift in a doctor's opinion was beyond an employer's control, and thus a continuance was in order. Simply Research subscribers have access to the full text of the case. Case […]

Case File Whether a second injury warranted setting aside a new award required a look at the evidence. Simply Research subscribers have access to the full text of the case. Case Lehet v. Roofers Advantage […]

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 […]

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 […]

Case File Although a worker tried to claim that his Texas employer didn't have the right kind of workers' compensation coverage to satisfy state law in an effort to circumvent the exclusivity remedy defense, evidence […]

Case File A worker died with "permanent" loss of vision related to a fall on the job, but that didn't entitle his surviving spouse to permanency benefits because there was no finding of maximum medical […]