D.C. Court of Appeals: Midwife's Injury Walking Between Buildings Arose Out of and In the Course of Employment

Florida Appellate Court Finds Tort Action Barred by Going and Coming Rule

NY Worker’s Injuries During Public Transit “Stampede” Not Compensable

NJ Supreme Court Explains “Authorized Vehicle” Exception to Going and Coming Rule

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

Texas Employee Recovers in Tort Against Employer Following Parking Lot Fall

Kentucky High Court Says Traveling-Employee Doesn’t “Travel” Until She Leaves Her Property

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...

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...

Ohio Social Worker’s Slip and Fall Injuries in Icy Restaurant Parking Lot Did Not Arise from His Employment

An Ohio appellate court disagreed with the trial court’s conclusion that a social worker was a fixed situs employee whose injuries sustained when he slipped and fell in a restaurant...

RI Supreme Court Broadens “Parking Lot” Rule to Include Leased Properties

Under Rhode Island’s so-called Branco exception to the going and coming rule, an employee and/or the employee’s dependents may recover workers’ compensation benefits where the employee’s injury or death results...

Florida Court Stresses There is No “Field Employee” Exception to Statutory Going and Coming Rule

A Florida appellate court held that a judge of compensation claims committed error when he determined that a construction worker who sustained severe injuries in a vehicular accident as he...