Mississippi COVID-19 Nurse is Unsuccessful in Her Virus Claim

D.C. Employee’s Injuries During Lunch-Time Travel Via Electric Scooter Found Not Compensable

Virginia Court Agrees Injury Sustained on FL Vacation Was Compensable Consequence of Original Work-Related Accident

CT Worker’s Injuries From Exploding Fireworks Did Not Arise from the Employment

NY Police Sergeant’s Injuries Sustained While Driving from Home to Station Were Compensable under Special Errand Exception

NY Employee’s Violation of Employer’s Alcohol Consumption Policy Does Not Bar Claim

NY COVID-19 Death Benefits Claim Fails

Strict Arkansas Statute Does Not Bar Recovery for Nurse’s Slip and Fall During Lunch Break

Injuries Sustained by MS Worker in Fight Over Country Music Not Compensable

In a case with a bizarre fact pattern, a Mississippi appellate court affirmed the denial of workers’ compensation benefits to a worker who sustained injuries in a workplace altercation [Hollis...

New Mexico Court Discusses State’s “Peculiar” Going and Coming Rule

In an unusual case that turned on the “peculiar” wording of New Mexico’s statutory going and coming rule, the Court of Appeals of New Mexico affirmed a decision by a...

Employee Recovers for Idiopathic Fall Under Louisiana’s Positional Risk Doctrine

A Louisiana appellate court recently affirmed a determination by a WCJ that a pharmacy technician’s injuries resulting from a fall at her computer station after she had suffered a one-time...

Ohio Court Stresses Not All Employer Parking Lot Injuries are Compensable

In a recent decision that outlines and clarifies several important issues related to injuries in an employer-owned or controlled parking lot, an Ohio appellate court reversed a trial court’s determination...