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 ARTICLESEarlier Compensability Denial Supports Fee on Later TTD
Earlier Compensability Denial Supports Fee on Later TTD Earlier Compensability Denial Supports Fee on Later TTD
November 10, 2026
Social Security COLAs Cannot Increase Comp Offset
PA Court Finds Section 204(a) Ambiguous on COLAs In a deeply divided decision, the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania, sitting en banc, held that an employer may not increase its workers’...
Social Security COLAs Cannot Increase Comp Offset Social Security COLAs Cannot Increase Comp Offset
November 09, 2026
Pro Se Claimant Held to Expert-Report Deadline
Pro Se Claimant Held to Expert-Report Deadline OH Glaucoma Claim Fails Without a Causation Expert An Ohio appellate court has affirmed summary judgment against a self-represented truck driver who sought...
Pro Se Claimant Held to Expert-Report Deadline Pro Se Claimant Held to Expert-Report Deadline
November 05, 2026
NC: Host Employer Can’t Claim Exclusivity After Denying Employment
Court Rejects Special-Employer Defense in Staffing-Agency Case The North Carolina Court of Appeals has affirmed partial summary judgment against a sawmill that raised the Workers’ Compensation Act’s exclusivity defense in...
NC: Host Employer Can’t Claim Exclusivity After Denying Employment NC: Host Employer Can’t Claim Exclusivity After Denying Employment
November 03, 2026
Missouri: Workers’ Comp Offset Cannot Reduce UM Coverage Above Statutory Minimum
Court Invalidates Offset but Upholds Limitation on Stacked Coverage A Missouri appellate court has held that an automobile insurer may not reduce uninsured motorist (UM) coverage by workers’ compensation payments,...
Missouri: Workers’ Comp Offset Cannot Reduce UM Coverage Above Statutory Minimum Missouri: Workers’ Comp Offset Cannot Reduce UM Coverage Above Statutory Minimum
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;
