Tag: affirmative defense

Mar 25, 2019

Arizona Officer’s PTSD Not Barred By Three-Year Delay in Filing Claim

Arizona’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
Oct 24, 2017

Ohio Claimant Has Burden of Showing Unexplained Fall Was Not Caused by Idiopathic Condition

Where an injured employee’s medical history and medications raised a fact issue about the possible role of risks personal to the employee in an otherwise unexplained fall, the employee was...

Ohio Claimant Has Burden of Showing Unexplained Fall Was Not Caused by Idiopathic Condition Ohio Claimant Has Burden of Showing Unexplained Fall Was Not Caused by Idiopathic Condition