In an unpublished decision, an Arizona appellate court affirmed a determination by the state’s Industrial Commission that found an employee’s workers’ compensation claim was not compensable because the employee’s injuries...
Arizona Employee’s Idiopathic Fall is Not Compensable Arizona Employee’s Idiopathic Fall is Not CompensableIn an unusual, “upside-down” case, in which the parents of a deceased employee argued that their son’s death was not compensable, because it was caused, in part they claimed, by...
In Missouri “Upside-Down” Case, Parents Fail to Prove Son’s Death was Caused by Obesity In Missouri “Upside-Down” Case, Parents Fail to Prove Son’s Death was Caused by ObesityFinding that both the Oregon Workers’ Compensation Board and the state’s Court of Appeals had erroneously utilized the appropriate legal standard in their attempts to determine whether a bank employee’s...
Oregon Supreme Court Clarifies Standard in Unexplained Fall Cases Oregon Supreme Court Clarifies Standard in Unexplained Fall Cases