Current Issues In Workers’ Compensation Law
Analysis and commentary from "seasoned" legal writer, Thomas A. Robinson, J.D., co-author of Larson's Workers' Compensation Law (LexisNexis, 17 vols.)
At least 10 articles each month, providing analysis and commentary regarding important recent cases and workers’ compensation legislation
Plus a special monthly topical “Issue Commentary,” containing multi-jurisdictional analysis and expert commentary
Pre-December 2022 content is freely available to subscribers and non-subscribers alike
Newest Articles
All ARTICLES“Closed” Under Old Rules, Reprocessed Under New
“Closed” Under Old Rules, Reprocessed Under New “Closed” Under Old Rules, Reprocessed Under New
September 22, 2026
Whose Work Was Being Done?
Federal Court: Gas Producer That Hired Out Well Casing Is Casing Worker’s Statutory Employer Under Pennsylvania Law A federal district court in Pennsylvania has held that a natural gas producer...
Whose Work Was Being Done? Whose Work Was Being Done?
September 21, 2026
Reopening a Claim Nobody Had Yet Decided
CO Court of Appeals: No “Change in Condition” Reopening Unless Compensability Was Admitted or Determined Before Closure A Colorado appellate court has held that a workers’ compensation claim closed for...
Reopening a Claim Nobody Had Yet Decided Reopening a Claim Nobody Had Yet Decided
September 17, 2026
Employee on the Job, Contractor on Paper
PA Commonwealth Court Affirms Employee Status Over Contractor Paperwork, Dissent Presses the Payroll Audit The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania, sitting en banc, affirmed a finding that a satellite-dish installer was...
Employee on the Job, Contractor on Paper Employee on the Job, Contractor on Paper
September 15, 2026
A Morning Without a Case
Unpublishitis, a Contagious Condition Afflicting our Courts I spent this morning looking for a workers’ compensation decision worth blogging. I did not, in any meaningful sense, find one. What I...
A Morning Without a Case A Morning Without a Case
Thomas A. Robinson
Thomas A. Robinson is co-author, of Larson’s Workers’ Compensation Law (17 vols., LexisNexis) and is chair of the Larson’s National Workers’ Compensation Advisory Board. With more than 10 years of private practice, where he focused on workers’ compensation defense work, Mr. Robinson has published more than 1,300 short pieces on workers’ compensation and employment law.
46+
years in the Workers’ Compensation Law
36+
years experience as a legal writer
co-author
of the most prominent legal treatise (Larson’s Workers’ Compensation Law (LexisNexis, 17 vols.)) on the subject
Who Could Benefit from a Subscription?
- Attorneys (both Claimant and Defense)
- State Administrators, Hearing Officers and Law Judges
- Insurance Adjusters/Supervisors who Work in the Field
- Self-Insured Employers
- analysis and commentary on important recent appellate decisions from across the nation;
- news and analysis regarding recent legislation, with emphasis on the likely impact on the field of workers’ compensation law;
- growing collection of “Issue Commentaries,” providing extensive coverage of important issues that affect your professional life;
- at least 10 case and/or legislative offerings each month, plus a featured White Papers each month;
- forthcoming Commentary topics include medical marijuana, compensability of PTSD, duty of care owed by IME physicians, classification of “gig” workers, weight gain and other “rash” conduct by injured employees, intentional torts, premises rules related to going and coming accidents;
