Tag: accident

Sep 27, 2022

NC Court Affirms Death Benefits Award Under State’s “Found Dead” Presumption

The Court of Appeals of North Carolina, construing the state’s version of the “found dead” rule, affirmed a decision by the state’s Industrial Commission that awarded death benefits to the...

NC Court Affirms Death Benefits Award Under State’s “Found Dead” Presumption NC Court Affirms Death Benefits Award Under State’s “Found Dead” Presumption
Mar 14, 2022

Virginia Widow Loses Death From Radar Beams Claim

In an unusual case in which a surviving spouse claimed that her husband’s death from a heart attack had been caused by his three-week exposure to radar beams at work,...

Virginia Widow Loses Death From Radar Beams Claim Virginia Widow Loses Death From Radar Beams Claim
Feb 8, 2022

Bus Camera Video Sinks NY City Driver’s Back Injury Claim

Substantial evidence supported the New York Workers’ Compensation Board’s determination that a claimant, a bus driver, had not sustained an injury arising out of and in the course of his...

Bus Camera Video Sinks NY City Driver’s Back Injury Claim Bus Camera Video Sinks NY City Driver’s Back Injury Claim
Jan 10, 2022

NC Court Construes State’s “Injury by Accident” Requirement

Construing N.C. Gen. Stat. § 97-2(6), which defines “injury” to mean “only injury by accident arising out of and in the course of the employment” [emphasis added], the Court of...

NC Court Construes State’s “Injury by Accident” Requirement NC Court Construes State’s “Injury by Accident” Requirement
Feb 16, 2021

Arkansas Court Stresses Difference Between “Idiopathic” and “Unexplained”

An Arkansas appellate court affirmed the denial of workers’ compensation benefits to an employee who suffered mysterious GI bleeding while completing workers’ compensation claims forms at his employer’s facility, and...

Arkansas Court Stresses Difference Between “Idiopathic” and “Unexplained” Arkansas Court Stresses Difference Between “Idiopathic” and “Unexplained”
Oct 22, 2020

Virginia Supreme Court Rejects Lower Court's Attempt to Clarify "Sudden Mechanical or Structural Change" Rule

Reversing an earlier decision of the state’s Court of Appeals, the Supreme Court of Virginia held that the phrase “injury by accident” linked two discrete concepts—an injury and an accident—that...

Virginia Supreme Court Rejects Lower Court's Attempt to Clarify "Sudden Mechanical or Structural Change" Rule Virginia Supreme Court Rejects Lower Court's Attempt to Clarify "Sudden Mechanical or Structural Change" Rule
Apr 16, 2020

"First Do No Harm" – Missouri Employee's Injuries At Doctor's Office Not Compensable

The Supreme Court of Missouri, construing the state’s special causation rules for workers’ compensation claims, affirmed a decision by the state’s Labor and Industrial Relations Commission that denied an employee’s...

"First Do No Harm" – Missouri Employee's Injuries At Doctor's Office Not Compensable "First Do No Harm" – Missouri Employee's Injuries At Doctor's Office Not Compensable
Mar 11, 2020

Georgia Husband/Wife Driving Team Were Employees: Wife’s Tort Action Barred by Exclusivity

Stressing that under Georgia law, it is the right to control, not the actual exercise of that control, which determines whether the work relationship is one of employer and employee,...

Georgia Husband/Wife Driving Team Were Employees: Wife’s Tort Action Barred by Exclusivity Georgia Husband/Wife Driving Team Were Employees: Wife’s Tort Action Barred by Exclusivity
Jan 17, 2020

Divided Sixth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Intentional Tort Action Filed against TN employer

In a split decision, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of an injured Tennessee worker’s intentional tort action against her employer based on the district court’s finding...

Divided Sixth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Intentional Tort Action Filed against TN employer Divided Sixth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Intentional Tort Action Filed against TN employer
May 22, 2019

NC Worker May Proceed in Tort Against Employer and Plant Nurse for Negligent Treatment

A North Carolina worker, who alleged that he was negligently diagnosed and treated by his employer’s plant nurse after suffering a stroke at work, may proceed in tort against that...

NC Worker May Proceed in Tort Against Employer and Plant Nurse for Negligent Treatment NC Worker May Proceed in Tort Against Employer and Plant Nurse for Negligent Treatment
May 2, 2019

Utah Court: Unusual Exertion Required if Claimant Has Preexisting Condition

Court Discusses Important Distinction Between “Legal” and “Medical” Causation Stepping lightly through the difficult mine field of “legal causation,” a Utah appellate court affirmed a decision by the state’s Labor...

Utah Court: Unusual Exertion Required if Claimant Has Preexisting Condition Utah Court: Unusual Exertion Required if Claimant Has Preexisting Condition
Jul 23, 2018

Alabama Accountant’s Fatal Shooting by Disgruntled Former Client Found Compensable

In a case with a bizarre fact pattern, an Alabama appellate court affirmed an award of workers’ compensation death benefits to the surviving spouse of an accountant who was stalked...

Alabama Accountant’s Fatal Shooting by Disgruntled Former Client Found Compensable Alabama Accountant’s Fatal Shooting by Disgruntled Former Client Found Compensable