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...
Employee Recovers for Idiopathic Fall Under Louisiana’s Positional Risk Doctrine Employee Recovers for Idiopathic Fall Under Louisiana’s Positional Risk DoctrineA Florida appellate court affirmed a state JCC’s denial of a claim filed by a teacher who sustained a broken left femur when he lost his balance and fell after...
Florida Teacher’s Fall After His Leg Went to Sleep is Not Compensable Florida Teacher’s Fall After His Leg Went to Sleep is Not CompensableA Virginia appellate court, yet again reiterating the state’s version of the “actual risk rule” [see Larson’s Workers’ Compensation Law, § 3.04] affirmed a decision by the state’s Workers’ Compensation...
Virginia Worker’s Fall on Workplace Steps is Not Compensable Virginia Worker’s Fall on Workplace Steps is Not CompensableApplying Virginia’s so-called “actual risk test,” a state appellate court affirmed a decision by the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission that had denied benefits to a school security officer who fell...
Virginia School Guard’s Injuries Allegedly Caused by Wind Were Not Compensable Virginia School Guard’s Injuries Allegedly Caused by Wind Were Not CompensableA panel of the New Hampshire Supreme Court reversed a finding of the state’s Compensation Appeals Board (CAB) denying a claim by an elementary school speech assistant who sustained a...
NH Supreme Court Panel Reverses Board’s Denial in Unexplained Fall Case NH Supreme Court Panel Reverses Board’s Denial in Unexplained Fall CaseQuoting Larson’s Workers’ Compensation Law, § 21.02, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals vacated a decision of the D.C.’s Compensation Review Board (CRB) that had denied workers’ compensation benefits...
D.C. Subway Manager’s Injuries During Two-Hour Break Found Compensable D.C. Subway Manager’s Injuries During Two-Hour Break Found Compensable45-Year Employee Did Not Face Similar Risk in Non-Employment Life A Missouri appellate court affirmed a decision by the state’s Labor and Industrial Relations Commission that awarded workers’ compensation benefits...
Missouri Court Affirms Award for Fall in Employer’s Parking Garage Missouri Court Affirms Award for Fall in Employer’s Parking GarageAppeals Court Says She Was Not Subject to Special Risk of Injury A Virginia appellate court reversed an award of workers’ compensation benefits to a licensed professional counselor who was...
Virginia Counselor’s Injuries While Attending Mandatory Off-Site Training Were Not Compensable Virginia Counselor’s Injuries While Attending Mandatory Off-Site Training Were Not CompensableDivided Court Adopts Minority Rule for Idiopathic Falls Adopting the minority American rule that all work-related risk factors must be considered in determining the compensability of an idiopathic fall—even the...
Idiopathic Fall to Level Floor May Be Compensable in Iowa Idiopathic Fall to Level Floor May Be Compensable in IowaIn a memorandum decision, the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia affirmed the denial of workers’ compensation benefits to an employee who suffered a dislocation of his left knee...
West Virginia Employee’s Unexplained Fall Was Idiopathic And Not Compensable West Virginia Employee’s Unexplained Fall Was Idiopathic And Not CompensableHolding that the factual findings of a workers’ compensation judge were “self-contradictory,” the Supreme Court of Minnesota has, for the second time, reversed and remanded an award of benefits to...
MN High Court Gives Math Lesson to Lower Court: “2/3 Does Not Equal 1/2” MN High Court Gives Math Lesson to Lower Court: “2/3 Does Not Equal 1/2”A Louisiana appellate court recently affirmed a finding by the Office of Workers’ Compensation that granted an employer police department’s motion for summary judgment regarding a claim filed by a...
Louisiana: Police Officer Fails To Establish Acute Appendicitis Claim Was Connected to Fall at Police Station Louisiana: Police Officer Fails To Establish Acute Appendicitis Claim Was Connected to Fall at Police Station