Texas Employee Recovers in Tort Against Employer Following Parking Lot Fall

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...

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

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...

Florida Court Re-examines Valcourt-Williams “Increased Risk” Analysis

A Florida appellate court held that a state JCC had erred when the JCC denied compensability of a claim in which an employee suffered an unexplained fall as she walked...

Oregon Employee’s Slip and Fall Claim in “Annex Parking Area” Not Barred by Going and Coming Rule

Construing the “parking lot” exception to the standard going and coming rule, an Oregon appellate court affirmed an award of benefits to a dental hygienist who sustained injuries when she...

Va. Employee’s Injuries Sustained While Moving Under Descending Door Are Compensable

In an opinion not designated for publication, the Court of Appeals of Virginia affirmed an award of workers’ compensation benefits to an employee of an auto dealership who sustained injuries...

Ohio Home Health Aide’s Injuries Outside Client’s Residence Not Compensable

An Ohio appellate court affirmed the denial of workers’ compensation benefits to a home health care aide who sustained a T12 vertebrae compression fracture when she slipped and fell on...

PA Court Says Janitor’s Fall Near Entrance of Building is Compensable

A Pennsylvania appellate court reversed a decision of a state workers’ compensation judge, affirmed by the state’s Board, that had denied workers’ compensation benefits to a janitor who sustained injuries...

Illinois Court Tacitly Says No Recovery Since Injury Was Claimant’s Fault

An Illinois appellate court affirmed the denial of workers’ compensation benefits to a university employee who sustained injuries when she tripped and fell as she stepped over a chain barrier...

Supreme Court of Georgia Jettisons 85-Year-Old Decision Regarding “Off-the-Clock” Injuries

Jettisoning a decision that had stood for more than 85 years, a divided Supreme Court of Georgia overruled Ocean Acc. & Guar. Corp. v. Farr, 180 Ga. 266 (178 SE...

Broken Ankle Results in Permanent Total Disability for Nebraska Truck Driver

Illustrating yet again, that the age-old adage that an employer generally takes an employee as it finds him or her, a Nebraska appellate court affirmed a finding by the state’s...