An Ohio appellate court has denied additional workers’ compensation benefits for the fatal workplace accident of a city arborist, ruling that construction safety regulations did not apply to tree removal...
Ohio Court Rejects VSSR Claim for Arborist’ Fatal Accident Ohio Court Rejects VSSR Claim for Arborist’ Fatal AccidentThe Supreme Judicial Court of Maine has upheld an average weekly wage calculation that produces an annual workers’ compensation award of approximately $60,000 for a truck driver who had earned...
Maine High Court Affirms AWW Calculation Despite Award Exceeding Actual Earnings Maine High Court Affirms AWW Calculation Despite Award Exceeding Actual EarningsIn Kimberly-Clark Mill v. Moss, 2025 Pa. Commw. LEXIS 144 (Aug. 12, 2025), the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania provided important guidance on workers’ compensation notice requirements within the Keystone State,...
PA Court Clarifies Notice Requirements: Context and Communications Matter More Than Perfect Timing PA Court Clarifies Notice Requirements: Context and Communications Matter More Than Perfect TimingTexas Court Applies New Jurisdictional Framework in Workplace Violence Case In the long-running national debate over whether courts or workers’ compensation agencies should decide coverage disputes, Texas has now drawn...
Issue Commentary: What Forum Decides Exclusivity? Issue Commentary: What Forum Decides Exclusivity?The Washington Court of Appeals has rejected a novel attempt to sidestep co-employee immunity under the state’s Industrial Insurance Act, holding that property ownership alone does not establish the “separate...
Washington Court Rejects Dual Persona Exception to Co-Employee Immunity for Property-Owning Supervisors Washington Court Rejects Dual Persona Exception to Co-Employee Immunity for Property-Owning SupervisorsIn a decision that demonstrates Louisiana’s more liberal approach to the “substantially certain” exception to workers’ compensation exclusivity, the Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeal reversed a trial court’s dismissal...
Louisiana Court Allows “Substantially Certain” Workers’ Compensation Bypass in Lawnmower Injury Case Louisiana Court Allows “Substantially Certain” Workers’ Compensation Bypass in Lawnmower Injury CaseIn Wade v. State, 2025 Tenn. LEXIS 283 (Tenn. Workers’ Comp. Panel July 30, 2025), a Tennessee workers’ compensation appeals panel reversed the Claims Commission’s denial of medical benefits, applying...
Tennessee Court Finds Injuries from Medical Travel Compensable Tennessee Court Finds Injuries from Medical Travel Compensable