A store manager who sustained injuries in her employer’s parking lot after she pursued two persons, posing as customers, who stole her purse from the store, could recover workers’ compensation benefits for psychological injuries in the nature... Read More
A Tennessee nurse, who contended she suffered a mental breakdown and PTSD after attending a work-related conference did not establish that the level of stress he experienced at the conference was abnormal, extraordinary, or unusual, held a special workers’... Read More
Thomas A. Robinson, J.D., the Feature National Columnist for the LexisNexis Workers’ Compensation eNewsletter , is a leading commentator and expert on the law of workers’ compensation. For the past five or six years, I’ve shared... Read More
Where a fire lieutenant suffered from PTSD after witnessing a fellow firefighter die after a traumatic fire, the Commission’s decision that the claimant did not sustain accidental injuries that arose out of and in the course of his employment was... Read More
A New York appellate court, affirming a decision of the state’s Workers’ Compensation Board, has held that the exacerbation of a supermarket assistant manager’s preexisting PTSD arose out of and in the course of his employment when,... Read More
Doesn’t the Employer Take the Employee as It Finds Him or Her, Susceptible to PTSD or Not? By Thomas A. Robinson, JD, the Feature National Columnist of the LexisNexis Workers' Compensation eNewsletter , is a leading commentator and expert... Read More
A retail employee, who was shot multiple times by assailants who had returned to the store in apparent retaliation for the employee’s reporting of an earlier robbery to police, and who developed PTSD as a result of the incident, was appropriately... Read More
In a decision not yet designated for publication, Tennessee’s Special Workers’ Compensation Appeals Panel affirmed a trial court’s denial of an employee’s claim for psychological injuries, depression and PTSD on the grounds that... Read More
Repeating the New York rule regarding stress claims, that mental injuries caused by work-related stress are compensable if the claimant can show that the stress that caused the injury was “greater than that which other similarly situated workers... Read More
Larson's Spotlight on Willful Misconduct, Intoxication, Agility Test, and Cross-Examination of Physician. Larson's surveys the latest case developments that you need to know about. Thomas A. Robinson, the staff writer for Larson's Workers'... Read More
A police officer with the Stamford, CT police department was involved in a high-speed car chase during a torrential rainstorm. At the conclusion of the chase, he was involved in a gun battle with the suspects and was in fear of losing his life. During... Read More
Larson's Spotlight on Retaliatory Discharge, Development of Record, Civil Action Against Co-Worker, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, and Stress Claim. Larson's surveys the latest case developments that you need to know about. Thomas A. Robinson... Read More
Claimant alleged post-traumatic stress disorder and major depressive disorder after a semi rear-ended her car, resulting in physical-mental injuries and the need for a thoracic fusion. The Commission affirmed an award of permanent and total disability... Read More
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA - The District of Columbia Court of Appeals has affirmed the finding of an ALJ that a fired PEPCO worker was not entitled to workers' compensation benefits with respect to his claim of post-traumatic stress disorder. While working... Read More