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Texas: Weekly Stipend Loosely Tied to Travel Does Not Make Worker Traveling Employee
Posted on 3 Nov 2017 by Thomas A. Robinson

Where an employer paid a “field electrician” a weekly stipend of $75, but neither (a) required the employee to keep records regarding travel expenses nor (b) required the additional payment to be spent for travel, the employee would not be... Read More

Tags: special mission , going and coming rule , traveling employee , deviation from employment

Larson’s Spotlight on Recent Cases: Injured Worker May Not Pursue Double Recovery Against Uninsured Employer
Posted on 19 Jan 2012 by Larson's Spotlight

Larson's Spotlight on Election of Remedy, Exclusive Remedy, Withdrawal From Workforce, 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

Tags: withdrawal from workforce , uninsured , course of employment , substantial gainful employment , exclusive remedy , deviation from employment , election of remedy , workers compensation insurance , gross negligence , res judicata , social security disability

Larson’s Spotlight on Recent Cases: Truck Driver Deviated From Employment by Leaving Vehicle to Obtain Object for Purposes of Assaulting Driving Partner
Posted on 16 Mar 2012 by Larson's Spotlight

Larson's Spotlight on Deviation From Employment, Unexplained Fall, Physician's Opinion and Videotape Evidence, and Sanctions for Costs. Larson's surveys the latest case developments that you need to know about. Thomas A. Robinson, the staff... Read More

Tags: sanctions for costs , payment of costs , physician’s opinion , willful , surveillance , videotape evidence , homeless , findings of fact , deviation from employment , arise out of employment , unexplained fall

Larson’s Spotlight on Recent Cases: North Dakota Refuses to Adopt Positional Risk Doctrine
Posted on 20 Apr 2012 by Larson's Spotlight

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

Tags: total permanent disability , neutral risk , workers compensation law , course of employment , medical evidence , causation , deviation from employment , arising out of employment , medical opinion , course and scope of employment , positional risk doctrine

Larson’s Spotlight on Recent Cases: Truck Driver Deviated From Employment by Leaving Vehicle to Obtain Object for Purposes of Assaulting Driving Partner
Posted on 16 Mar 2012 by Larson's Spotlight

Larson's Spotlight on Deviation From Employment, Unexplained Fall, Physician's Opinion and Videotape Evidence, and Sanctions for Costs. Larson's surveys the latest case developments that you need to know about. Thomas A. Robinson, the staff... Read More

Tags: sanctions for costs , payment of costs , physician’s opinion , willful , surveillance , videotape evidence , homeless , findings of fact , deviation from employment , arise out of employment , unexplained fall

Larson’s Spotlight on Recent Cases: Injured Worker May Not Pursue Double Recovery Against Uninsured Employer
Posted on 19 Jan 2012 by Larson's Spotlight

Larson's Spotlight on Election of Remedy, Exclusive Remedy, Withdrawal From Workforce, 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

Tags: withdrawal from workforce , uninsured , course of employment , substantial gainful employment , exclusive remedy , deviation from employment , election of remedy , workers compensation insurance , gross negligence , res judicata , social security disability

Larson’s Spotlight on Recent Cases: North Dakota Refuses to Adopt Positional Risk Doctrine
Posted on 20 Apr 2012 by Larson's Spotlight

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

Tags: total permanent disability , neutral risk , workers compensation law , course of employment , medical evidence , causation , deviation from employment , arising out of employment , medical opinion , course and scope of employment , positional risk doctrine

AR: Co-Workers' Hug Was Not Deviation From Employment
Posted on 15 Apr 2010 by LexisNexis Workers' Comp Law Newsroom Staff

LITTLE ROCK, AR - The Arkansas Court of Appeals overturned the decision of the Arkansas Workers' Compensation Commission denying benefits to a fast food worker who, having finished her shift, encounted a co-worker on her way to the exit door, which... Read More

Tags: Legal Developments , deviation from employment