Illinois Court Affirms Award of Benefits to Traveling Employee Injured in Fall Down Employer’s Unobstructed Stairs

Issue Commentary: Compensability of Injuries Sustained as a Result of Inoculations

VA Trial Court Says Teacher Shot by 6-Year-Old Student May Proceed Against School District in Tort

PA Commonwealth Court Affirms Denial of Parking Lot Injury Claim

Arizona Widow Awarded Death Benefits in Connection With Husband’s COVID-19 Exposure

Mother of Illinois Fast Food Worker Slain by Co-Worker Cannot Sue in Tort

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

West Virginia Court Agrees Fainting Spell for Waitress was Work-Related

West Virginia’s Supreme Court of Appeals affirmed a decision by the state’s Board of Review that found a waitress had sustained a compensable injury when she became overheated at her...

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...