Utah District Court Lacks Jurisdiction to Hear Employer’s Suit to Recover Injured Employee’s Fair Debt Collection Act Settlement Proceeds

Alaska Commission May Not Determine Scope of Treatment for Chiropractor

South Dakota Supreme Court Says Failure to Serve Department of Labor with Notice of Appeal is Jurisdictional

Maryland’s 5-Year Limiting Period (LE § 9-736) May be Waived by Employer/Carrier

West Virginia Court Stresses Six-Month Statute of Limitations is Strictly Construed

W. Va. Code 23-4-15(a), which requires workers’ compensation claims to be filed within six months from and after the date of injury or death, as the case may be, is...

Illinois Court Nixes Jurisdiction When Injury and Employment Contract Were in Indiana

In an unpublished decision, an Illinois appellate court reversed a decision of a county circuit court confirming an award of workers’ compensation benefits by the state’s Workers’ Compensation Commission on...

Delaware Board Must Decide if COVID-Related Claim is Compensable

The Superior Court of Delaware (New Castle) held that the issue of whether an employee’s fatal COVID-19 infection was an injury or occupational disease must be determined by the state’s...

Staffing Company’s Should Not Conflate Employment Contract and Specific Assignment

Employment Contract Formed In Illinois In Spite of Contingencies Required for First Assignment in Indiana In an unpublished decision, an Illinois appellate court affirmed a decision by the state’s Workers’...

Alabama Trucker Not Bound by Jurisdictional Limitation in Her Employment Agreement

Where an Alabama resident sustained injuries in a work-related vehicular accident in Alabama, she could seek workers’ compensation benefits before an Alabama court in spite of a broad provision in...

Massachusetts High Court Adopts New Jurisdictional Test for Extra-Territorial Injuries

In a case of first impression, the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts held that the jurisdictional test for extra-territorial injuries employed by the review Board of the Department of Industrial...

New Jersey Court Says Fifth “Larson” Factor (Residential Status) Not Sufficient to Establish Jurisdiction

Quoting and adopting the discussion found in Larson’s Workers’ Compensation Law, § 142.01, et seq., a New Jersey appellate court held that the fifth “Larson factor”—residency—is insufficient, in and of...

New York Church Volunteer’s Personal Injury Action Barred by Exclusive Remedy Rule

A church volunteer, who contended that she suffered injuries when she tripped and fell over an exposed power cord near or on the altar as she went to help distribute...