Quoting the discussion in Larson’s Workers’ Compensation Law related to idiopathic falls, a divided Arkansas appellate court recently affirmed a finding by the state’s Workers’ Compensation Commission that awarded benefits to an... Read More
WCRI Study Compares Outcomes of Injured Workers Across 15 States . US DOL Continues Investigation of Opt Outs to Workers Comp . AZ: Governor Signs HB 2240 Workers Comp Changes . AR: Court Finds WCC Lacks Exclusive Jurisdiction in Employee’s... Read More
An Arkansas court ruled that an ironworker sustained a compensable injury when he slipped on ice while walking from the main gate of a construction site to his employer’s work trailer prior to clocking in. The employer argued that the ironworker... Read More
Substantial evidence did not support an award of workers’ compensation death benefits to an employee’s minor child where the employee was fatally injured in a car accident while carpooling home, held an Arkansas appellate court. The Court... Read More
An Arkansas appellate court has affirmed a decision denying workers’ compensation benefits to a worker who fell as he descended a ladder on the basis that following the accident he tested positive for methamphetamine and that he failed to rebut... Read More
An Arkansas appellate court has affirmed the denial of benefits to a truck driver who injured his right ankle a few seconds after he made an entry in his log book changing his status to “off-duty” and stepped out of his truck to go to the... Read More
NCCI Posts Latest Economic Outlook and Impact on Workers Comp . Fitch Ratings Announces Top Workers Comp Insurance Writers for 2014 . OSHA Issues Inspection Guidance for Health Care Industry . Columnist: New Worker Category Should Be Created... Read More
A divided Arkansas appellate court recently held that a former employer that paid $60,000 to a former employee to settle the latter’s EEOC & ADA charges might be entitled to at least a partial credit under Ark. Code Ann. § 11-9-807 against... Read More
Sign up here for our free workers' compensation enewsletters (National or California Edition) to receive weekly news items. Be sure to select the enewsletter of your choice. NATIONAL AND STATE NEWS: Survey Shows Federal Disability Recipients... Read More
Sign up here for our free workers' compensation enewsletters (National or California Edition) to receive weekly news items. Be sure to select the enewsletter of your choice. Workers Comp Premiums Stabilizing Nationwide, Except in CA and NY . ... Read More
The majority of jurisdictions provide immunity from tort liability for co-employees whose actions are within the course and scope of the employment [see Larson’s Workers’ Compensation Law , § 111.03]. Arkansas has a somewhat more restrictive... Read More
A hotel housekeeper, who sustained injuries when she slipped on water on a stairway as she carried food she had found in one of the hotel rooms to a refrigerator in the laundry room, may recover workers’ compensation benefits, held an Arkansas court... Read More
Arkansas has one of the most restrictive rules when it comes to judging whether an injury arises out of and in the course of the employment, requiring the injury to have occurred while “employment services” are being performed. In spite of... Read More
NASI: WC Benefits for Injured Workers Decline While Employer Costs Rise . NAIC Releases Study on Workers Comp Large Deductible . Third Circuit Dismisses Suit Against Cephalon Re Off-Label Marketing of Two Painkillers . Study: On-Demand Economy... Read More
US DOL Plans to Issue Independent Contractor Guidance . Economic Policy Institute Releases White Paper on Misclassification of Workers . Liberty Mutual Pulling Back From Workers’ Comp Insurance Market . Liberty Mutual White Paper Supports... Read More