In a recent case from the Oklahoma Supreme Court, an injured employee filed a lawsuit against her employer, who allegedly refused to comply with valid orders from the workers’ compensation court following an on-the-job injury. Claimant further argued that this unwillingness to follow the orders of the workers’ compensation court…
It’s well-known that employees can be compensated for injuries they sustain the course of employment – and that includes medical expenses. However, what if you are injured in the course of receiving treatment for that work injury? Let’s say it is a case of medical malpractice. Should it be your…
A man shot repeatedly while sitting in a vehicle outside the convenience store where he worked. Now, the state high court in Pennsylvania has ruled that he is indeed eligible to receive workers’ compensation benefits for those injuries. Judges with the Commonwealth Court ruled the injuries were indeed work-related, noting…
Black men and Hispanic immigrants have the highest rate of workplace injury in the nation, according to a new study on work injuries and disabilities. Researchers with the University of Southern California’s Schaeffer Center of Health Policy and Economics and the Keck School of Medicine and Boston University published the study in…
The Ohio Supreme Court considered recently a workers’ compensation case involving two types of disability claimed by the same worker. Although this isn’t a Massachusetts case, it’s worth a look from our Boston workers’ compensation lawyers because sister courts often take into account one another’s decisions in considering similar cases, especially those of first…
Occupational diseases are every bit as compensable under Massachusetts Workers’ Compensation law as work-related injuries. However, causation in cases of disease is not always as easily provable. For example, a fall at work can be easily connected to an injury, but how do you prove your carpal tunnel syndrome –…
In a case from the Supreme Court of Mississippi, an employee who worked at a petroleum refinery factory was seriously injured while on the job. However, he was not technically a statutory employee, but rather a contractor. In a typical situation, a contractor would not be able to obtain workers’…
In a case from the Supreme Court of the State of Nevada, the claimant was working as construction driver for a paving company. While he was at work one day, he was driving a truck, and another worker on the job site hit his truck with a backhoe. When this…
When we think about a person who is injured on the job and receiving workers’ compensation benefits, we are often thinking of any employee who suffered some type of traumatic injury while at work. This could be when a person falls at work, or a heavy object hits them on…
Food trucks have gained popularity in recent years. While food trucks have been commonly seen at construction sites and outside of factories for decades, these days they feature more gourmet food items and have become very trendy. However, with increased popularity comes heightened risk for criminal activity. We have seen various…