WA Court: Traveling Employee Doctrine Not Applicable to Occupational Disease Claims

California Court Extends Commercial Traveler Rule to Remote Camp Worker

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

Split Mississippi Court Agrees Traveling Employee’s Deviation Was Sufficient to Bar Recovery on Injury Claim

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

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...

Under FL Statute, “Traveling Employee” is Not in “Travel Status” While Driving Home from Work

Reversing a decision by a state judge of compensation claims (JCC) that had awarded workers’ compensation benefits to a Florida HVAC technician who sustained injuries in a vehicular accident as...

Colorado Court: Pilot Not Engaged in Personal Deviation in Spite of Elevated Alcohol Level in His Blood

A Colorado appellate court recently affirmed a decision by the state's Industrial Claim Appeals Office that found an airline pilot’s widow and children were entitled to survivor benefits after the...

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...

NY Court Construes State’s Traveling Employee Rules and Affirms Award of Benefits

Construing the state’s traveling employee rules, as those rules pertain to claims for workers’ compensation benefits, a New York appellate court affirmed a decision by the state’s Workers’ Compensation Board...

NC Court Narrows State’s Traveling Employee Rule

In a decision that could have important implications for those who travel as part of their work for North Carolina employers, a state appellate court, affirming a decision of the...

Personal Deviation Sinks Mississippi Salesman’s Claim

Construing the “dual purpose” rule, as utilized in Mississippi, the state’s Court of Appeals, in a deeply divided (6-4) decision, affirmed a decision of the Mississippi Workers’ Compensation Commission that...