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Kansas Worker Gets No Benefits For Early Morning Injuries While Walking to Hotel

Posted on June 13, 2018 by Thomas A. Robinson

A Kansas roofer, who sustained catastrophic injuries when he was struck by a drunk driver as the roofer walked from a bar to his hotel at 2:20 a.m., could not recover workers’ compensation benefits for his injuries.  The roofer’s injuries … Continue reading →

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NC Employee’s Injuries From Fainting After Toking on E-Cigarette Did Not Arise From the Employment

Posted on May 17, 2018 by Thomas A. Robinson

The North Carolina Court of Appeals affirmed the denial of workers’ compensation benefits to a city employee who sustained serious injuries to his right hip, back, and head when he passed out and fell to the ground after getting choked … Continue reading →

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Virginia Case Shows “On-the-Job” Injuries May Not be Compensable

Posted on October 12, 2017 by Thomas A. Robinson

The phrase is used quite often, even by attorneys: “He [or she] was hurt ‘on-the-job.’” The typical implication is that a worker who sustains an “on-the-job” injury deserves workers’ compensation benefits. Such use of imprecise language leads many claimants to … Continue reading →

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Oregon: Traveling Employee’s Death While Returning From Shopping Trip Was Not Compensable

Posted on October 6, 2017 by Thomas A. Robinson

A person in the status of a traveling employee is continuously within the course and scope of the employment while traveling, except when the person is engaged in a distinct departure on a personal errand, held the Court of Appeals … Continue reading →

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Missouri Court Stresses Importance of Injury “by Accident” in Recent Horseplay Case

Posted on July 25, 2017 by Thomas A. Robinson

The Missouri Court of Appeals recently affirmed a decision of that state’s Labor and Industrial Relations Commission that had denied workers’ compensation benefits to a tire shop employee who sustained severe burns when he used a lighter to ignite a … Continue reading →

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Illinois Court Says “Ordinary” Reaching Activity is Nevertheless Risk of Employment

Posted on July 16, 2014 by Thomas A. Robinson

Acknowledging that there are three categories of risk to which an employee may be exposed: (1) risks distinctly associated with her employment; (2) personal risks; and (3) neutral risks which have no particular employment or personal characteristics, an Illinois appellate … Continue reading →

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