LA Second Circuit Affirms Forfeiture for False Answers on Pre-Hire Questionnaires About Prior Work Accidents and a Recommended Surgery Louisiana’s Second Circuit Court of Appeal has affirmed a ruling that...
Two Boxes Checked “No” Two Boxes Checked “No”LA Fourth Circuit, 3–2, Holds Dump-Truck Driver Paid 25% of Truck Earnings Was an Employee Despite 1099; Dissent Invokes Manifest-Error Review The Louisiana Court of Appeal, Fourth Circuit recently reversed...
Louisiana Court: Paid a Percentage, Still an Employee Louisiana Court: Paid a Percentage, Still an EmployeeKY Supreme Court Holds the Statutory Presumption Against Recovery for Intoxicating Substances Does Not Apply to Alcohol The Kentucky Supreme Court has affirmed benefits for a traffic flagger who was...
Alcohol Falls Outside KY’s Presumption of Causation Alcohol Falls Outside KY’s Presumption of CausationFL First DCA Holds Harlem’s Narrow “Heart Disease” Definition Does Not Bar a Firefighter’s Arrhythmia Claim Under the Heart-Lung Presumption Florida’s First District Court of Appeal has affirmed an award...
The Heart Has Wiring, Too The Heart Has Wiring, TooCase Sent Back to Board for Determination Consistent With its Holding In a case of first impression, the Supreme Court of Kansas, affirming a decision of the state’s Court of...
Kansas Supreme Court Reiterates: “Idiopathic” and “Unknown” Are Not Synonyms Kansas Supreme Court Reiterates: “Idiopathic” and “Unknown” Are Not SynonymsDIME Physician’s Opinions as to the Cause of Engineer’s Narcolepsy Not Afforded Special Deference By virtue of a special Colorado statute [Colo. Rev. Stat. § 8-42-107(8)(b)(III)], a division-sponsored independent medical...
Colorado DIME Physician's Opinion Not Always Given Presumptive Deference Colorado DIME Physician's Opinion Not Always Given Presumptive DeferenceIn a case of first impression, the Supreme Court of Rhode Island held that “benefits” received under the state’s “work-sharing” program [see R.I. Gen. Laws § 28-44-69] are not to...
Rhode Island’s “Work-Sharing” Benefits Not Used in Computing AWW Rhode Island’s “Work-Sharing” Benefits Not Used in Computing AWWDeputy Was on Cell Phone Exchanging Shift-Change Information at Time of Crash A deputy sheriff’s death in an automobile accident did not arise out of and in the course of...
Nebraska Deputy’s Fatal Injuries in Auto Accident Not Compensable Nebraska Deputy’s Fatal Injuries in Auto Accident Not CompensableLandlord Could Not Implead Tenant/Employer In Injured Employee’s Suit Where Employer Was Not Negligent The exclusive remedy provision of the Delaware Workers’ Compensation Act [Del. Code Ann. tit. 19, §...
Exclusive Remedy Defense Protects Some Employers In Spite of Express Indemnification Agreement Exclusive Remedy Defense Protects Some Employers In Spite of Express Indemnification AgreementA Florida appellate court has upheld the constitutionality of a provision within the state’s Workers’ Compensation Act [§ 440.093(3), Fla. Stat.] that cuts off temporary benefits for psychiatric injuries six...
Florida’s 6-Month Limitation on Temporary “Physical-Mental” Benefits is Constitutional Florida’s 6-Month Limitation on Temporary “Physical-Mental” Benefits is ConstitutionalDeeply Divided Florida Court Says Risk of Tripping Did Not Arise Out of Employment Emphasizing that eligibility for workers’ compensation benefits turns on whether the employment led to the risk...
No Recovery for Home-Based Workers’ Comp Adjuster Who Trips Over Her Dog No Recovery for Home-Based Workers’ Comp Adjuster Who Trips Over Her DogIs This a Different Tack to Allow Employers to “Opt-Out” of Compulsory Coverage? Two days ago (April 2, 2019), Arkansas state senator Stanley Jason Rapert (Republican-35th District) introduced a bill...
Here We Go Again: Arkansas Bill Would Establish ERISA-Based “Alternative” System for Workers’ Compensation Here We Go Again: Arkansas Bill Would Establish ERISA-Based “Alternative” System for Workers’ CompensationThe administrator of the estate of an Illinois employee killed in a work-related vehicular accident may not utilize the state’s “One Day Rest in Seven Act” (“ODRA”)[820 Ill. Comp. Stat....
Plaintiff May Not Use Illinois’ “One Day in Rest Act” to Subvert Exclusive Remedy of State’s Workers’ Compensation Act Plaintiff May Not Use Illinois’ “One Day in Rest Act” to Subvert Exclusive Remedy of State’s Workers’ Compensation ActMay Unpaid Healthcare Providers Reach Workers’ Compensation Claim Settlement? The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit recently certified to the Illinois Supreme Court an important question regarding the...
7th Circuit Certifies Important Exemption Question to Illinois Supreme Court 7th Circuit Certifies Important Exemption Question to Illinois Supreme CourtLip Service Given to “Liberally Construing” the “Arising Out of” Tests In a split decision, the Court of Appeals of Virginia, tipping its hat to the notion that the workers’ compensation statutes...
Split Virginia Court Affirms Denial of Airport Worker’s Electrocution Claim Split Virginia Court Affirms Denial of Airport Worker’s Electrocution ClaimArizona’s one-year filing requirement [see Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 23-1061(A)] is an affirmative defense and the employer or carrier bears the burden of production of evidence to support that defense,...
Arizona Officer’s PTSD Not Barred By Three-Year Delay in Filing Claim Arizona Officer’s PTSD Not Barred By Three-Year Delay in Filing Claim
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