Month: November 2016

Nov 21, 2016

Connecticut Police Officer’s Failure to File Timely Hypertension Claim No Bar to Subsequent Claim Related to Myocardial Infarction

Connecticut, like a host of other states, has a special presumption that aids police officers (and some other first responders) who pass a physical exam at the time of hiring...

Connecticut Police Officer’s Failure to File Timely Hypertension Claim No Bar to Subsequent Claim Related to Myocardial Infarction Connecticut Police Officer’s Failure to File Timely Hypertension Claim No Bar to Subsequent Claim Related to Myocardial Infarction
Nov 18, 2016

IL Middle School Teacher’s Injury in Student/Faculty Basketball Game Was Compensable

A number of states, including Illinois, exclude workers’ compensation coverage for some recreational injuries that are deemed by statute to be outside the course and scope of the employment [see...

IL Middle School Teacher’s Injury in Student/Faculty Basketball Game Was Compensable IL Middle School Teacher’s Injury in Student/Faculty Basketball Game Was Compensable
Nov 17, 2016

South Carolina High Court Adopts Larson’s “Divided Premises” Rule

Adopting Dr. Arthur Larson’s “divided premises” rule [Larson’s Workers’ Compensation Law § 13.01[4][b]], in which an employee remains within the course and scope of the employment while traveling along or...

South Carolina High Court Adopts Larson’s “Divided Premises” Rule South Carolina High Court Adopts Larson’s “Divided Premises” Rule
Nov 15, 2016

Boys Will Be Boys: Winning Comp Claim Isn’t as Easy as Falling Out of a Tree

A Mississippi pipe fitter, who sustained five broken ribs and a spinal cord injury when he fell a distance of approximately 25 feet from the top of a gum tree...

Boys Will Be Boys: Winning Comp Claim Isn’t as Easy as Falling Out of a Tree Boys Will Be Boys: Winning Comp Claim Isn’t as Easy as Falling Out of a Tree
Nov 4, 2016

The Year of Equal Justice and Due Process

High Courts in Several States Strike Down Legislative Challenges to the Heart of the Workers’ Compensation System As we put together last year’s edition of the Workers’ Compensation Emerging Issues Analysis...

The Year of Equal Justice and Due Process The Year of Equal Justice and Due Process