Answering a question of law certified by the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, the state’s Supreme Court held that a job applicant does not have a cause of action under the Tennessee Workers’ Compensation Act against a prospective...
Claimant's presence at a flower shop she co-owned with her daughters did not constitute a "return to work" or absolve her employer of its liability to pay TTD benefits for relevant periods of time held an Illinois appellate court. Evidence that claimant...
Where a construction worker returned to light duty after a work-related accident but due to “the vagaries of the construction industry,” his employer furloughed virtually all its employees for undefined periods of time, with the expectation that the employees would...
Larson's Spotlight on Attorney Fees, Venue, Intentional Tort, and Refusal of Light Duty. Larson's surveys the latest case developments that you need to know about. Thomas A. Robinson, the staff writer for Larson's Workers' Compensation Law , has...
Claimant asserts his boss fired him because he had a worker’s compensation case, but he failed to convince a jury of that claim. He had a disagreement with his employer whether he should take a break to rest and elevate his foot before completing an urgent job...