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 ARTICLESUT Supreme Court Affirms PTD Award—and Rejects Employer’s Claim to Employee’s Debt-Collection Settlement
UT Supreme Court Affirms PTD Award—and Rejects Employer’s Claim to Employee’s Debt-Collection Settlement UT Supreme Court Affirms PTD Award—and Rejects Employer’s Claim to Employee’s Debt-Collection Settlement
August 11, 2026
NC: Settlement Conditioned on Resolving Employer’s Lien Isn’t a “Final” Settlement
NC Court of Appeals Revives Employer’s Subrogation Claim in $450,000 Third‑Party Case The North Carolina Court of Appeals recently vacated a trial court order that extinguished an employer’s workers’ compensation...
NC: Settlement Conditioned on Resolving Employer’s Lien Isn’t a “Final” Settlement NC: Settlement Conditioned on Resolving Employer’s Lien Isn’t a “Final” Settlement
August 10, 2026
Maine High Court: Dependency for Death Benefits Locks In at Date of Injury
Ex-Spouse Entitled to Benefits Despite Remarriage and a 35-Year Gap Before Death The Supreme Judicial Court of Maine has held that a claimant’s eligibility for workers’ compensation death benefits turns...
Maine High Court: Dependency for Death Benefits Locks In at Date of Injury Maine High Court: Dependency for Death Benefits Locks In at Date of Injury
August 07, 2026
MS Clarifies Two Paths to the Presumption of Total Occupational Loss
Food-Plant Worker’s Bilateral Hand Injuries Qualify Without Proof of a Job Search The Mississippi Court of Appeals affirmed a Workers’ Compensation Commission award of permanent total disability benefits to a...
MS Clarifies Two Paths to the Presumption of Total Occupational Loss MS Clarifies Two Paths to the Presumption of Total Occupational Loss
August 04, 2026
Issue Commentary: Alabama’s Scheduled Injury Ceiling and the Cost of a Conclusive Presumption
A Trial Court Found Permanent Total Disability. The Scheduled Injury Statute Said Otherwise. The Alabama Court of Civil Appeals has affirmed a judgment limiting an injured worker to scheduled-member benefits...
Issue Commentary: Alabama’s Scheduled Injury Ceiling and the Cost of a Conclusive Presumption Issue Commentary: Alabama’s Scheduled Injury Ceiling and the Cost of a Conclusive Presumption
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
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- 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;
