Employing the restrictive rule in Arkansas, which excludes workers’ compensation benefits for injuries “inflicted upon the employee at a time when employment services were not being performed” [see Ark. Code Ann. § 11-9-102(4)(B... Read More
In spite of what the Missouri appellate court said was a “poorly written” opinion by an ALJ (adopted and incorporated by the state’s Labor & Industrial Relations Commission), a state appellate court panel held there was still more... Read More
A Louisiana appellate court affirmed a trial court’s decision granting summary judgment to an employer in a civil action filed by a worker who sustained injuries in an elevator incident on the employer’s premises approximately one-half hour... Read More
Where an employer gratuitously provided a company vehicle to an employee to aid in his daily travel from his residence to a large tract of fenced ranch land containing a gas lease where the employee worked, it did not automatically bring the travel within... Read More
Today is Cruiser T's first birthday. You may recall that little Cruiser is the younger of my two rescue cats.....his older sister being the infamous Nutella Grace. I think I am going to bring home a vanilla ice cream cake and let Cruiser have at it... Read More
Three beautiful children.....Ben, Allison and Chase. They belong to my partner Tim Lengkeek. Tim and his wife Michele make pretty kids. Tim makes even prettier law.....be it in work comp or otherwise. Today's post is a gift for all the neophyte... Read More
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, in 2010, about a fifth of all workplace fatalities in Nevada were caused by a worker falling. Almost every serious fall injury I've handled in the Nevada work comp arena in the past fifteen years was... Read More
As many of you now know, I had a fall of sorts at work a month ago and a recent MRI now shows fractures of the cuboid and the calcaneous. So no stilettos for me. And I have a work comp prescription card. Vicodin on someone else's dime. Pretty darn... Read More
Here’s the fourth batch of advanced postings for the November 2012 issue of Cal. Comp. Cases. Lexis.com subscribers can link to the cases to read the complete headnotes and summaries. © Copyright 2012 LexisNexis. All rights reserved. ... Read More
Larson's Spotlight on Positional Risk Doctrine, Medical Evidence, Total Permanent Disability, and Deviation From Employment. Larson's surveys the latest case developments that you need to know about. Thomas A. Robinson, the staff writer for Larson's... Read More
Lexis.com subscribers can link to the cases cited below . The issue of causation has been a central theme in many recent cases. However, given that there are two types of legal causation in the world of workers’ compensation, it’s easy for... 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
An employee who traveled from his home base in North Carolina to Dallas, Texas on a business trip did not sustain injuries arising out of and in the course of his employment when he was involved in an automobile accident as he made his way to meet his... Read More
Larson's Spotlight on Videotape Evidence, Going and Coming Rule, PTSD, and Foot Injury. Larson's surveys the latest case developments that you need to know about. Thomas A. Robinson, the staff writer for Larson's Workers' Compensation... Read More
A civil action filed against BP Products North America, Inc. (“BP”) by more than 500 plaintiffs—including some 315 employees—in connection with an accidental chemical release by the refinery may continue toward trial, held a federal... Read More