West Virginia’s Supreme Court of Appeals affirmed a decision by the state’s Board of Review that found a waitress had sustained a compensable injury when she became overheated at her...
West Virginia Court Agrees Fainting Spell for Waitress was Work-Related West Virginia Court Agrees Fainting Spell for Waitress was Work-RelatedA Louisiana appellate court recently affirmed a determination by a WCJ that a pharmacy technician’s injuries resulting from a fall at her computer station after she had suffered a one-time...
Employee Recovers for Idiopathic Fall Under Louisiana’s Positional Risk Doctrine Employee Recovers for Idiopathic Fall Under Louisiana’s Positional Risk DoctrineIn a recent decision that outlines and clarifies several important issues related to injuries in an employer-owned or controlled parking lot, an Ohio appellate court reversed a trial court’s determination...
Ohio Court Stresses Not All Employer Parking Lot Injuries are Compensable Ohio Court Stresses Not All Employer Parking Lot Injuries are CompensableAn Ohio appellate court disagreed with the trial court’s conclusion that a social worker was a fixed situs employee whose injuries sustained when he slipped and fell in a restaurant...
Ohio Social Worker’s Slip and Fall Injuries in Icy Restaurant Parking Lot Did Not Arise from His Employment Ohio Social Worker’s Slip and Fall Injuries in Icy Restaurant Parking Lot Did Not Arise from His EmploymentStressing that the focus of the personal comfort doctrine was to determine if an employee’s actions occurred during the course of the employment, the Court of Appeals of Oregon held...
Establishing “Personal Comfort” Activity Is Only Half the Battle, says OR Court Establishing “Personal Comfort” Activity Is Only Half the Battle, says OR Court