Workers' Compensation

Recent Posts

The Top 10 Bizarre Workers’ Compensation Cases for 2015
Posted on 3 Jan 2016 by Thomas A. Robinson

Last November, I had the pleasure of speaking at the 24th Annual National Workers’ Compensation and Disability Conference in Las Vegas. My session was a spin-off of what has become one of my most popular annual blog offerings—a presentation... Read More

Arkansas: Injury Sustained Seconds After Truck Driver “Signed Out” Not Covered by Comp Act
Posted on 31 Oct 2014 by Larson's Spotlight

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

New Mexico: Off-Duty Police Officer’s Drowning During Rescue Effort Found Work-Related
Posted on 30 Aug 2013 by Larson's Spotlight

A police officer, outside his jurisdiction, and on a personal day trip near the Rio Grande, who drowned while undertaking the rescue of a drowning child, sustained fatal injuries arising out of and in the course of his employment, held a New Mexico appellate... Read More