Maine High Court Clarifies When Interest on Specific-Loss Benefits Begins to Accrue for Specific Eye Injuries

In a well-reasoned decision that illustrates the difficulties courts sometime face in balancing competing interests within a workers’ compensation dispute, the Supreme Judicial Court of Maine recently held that when...

Nebraska High Court: Expert’s Use of “Associated” Was Sufficient to Establish Causation

The Supreme Court of Nebraska recently affirmed an award of benefits to a claimant who alleged respiratory injuries from wearing a UV-sterilized N95 mask at work [Prinz v. Omaha Operations...

NY: Google Employee’s Post-Happy Hour Accident Arose From Employment

The Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court, Third Department, recently affirmed a state Workers’ Compensation Board decision finding that a Google account executive’s injuries sustained after leaving a...

Ohio Court Reiterates Unexplained Fall Doctrine

In a decision examining the tricky balance that must be maintained when in unexplained fall claims, the Court of Appeals of Ohio, Ninth Appellate District, reversed a lower court’s ruling...

Nevada Supreme Court Retreats from Earlier Decisions Related to Subrogation Liens

Overruling, in relevant part, two of its own prior decisions, the Supreme Court of Nevada, construing the state’s workers’ compensation subrogation statute, NRS § 616C.215(5), reversed a district court’s decision...

Pennsylvania Court Affirms Asbestos Claim Outside Workers’ Compensation System

In a significant decision that reinforces the rights of workers with long-latency occupational diseases within the Keystone State, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania has affirmed in relevant part a trial...

Colorado Court Clarifies Scope of DIME Evaluations in Workers’ Compensation Cases

Massachusetts Appeals Court: Employee Struck in Parking Area After Clocking Out May Not Sue Employer in Tort

5th Circuit: MS Comp Policies May Not be “Voided” Even Where Employer Misrepresents Risk

West Virginia Court Affirms Fatal Benefits Award in Occupational Disease Case

WA Court: Traveling Employee Doctrine Not Applicable to Occupational Disease Claims

Alabama Court Applies Successive-Compensable-Injury Test to Non-Work-Related Accident