Workers Compensation and Employers Liability
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Fraud of the Week: Where are the Workers?
January 24, 2022 | Discussion
When hiding employees from payroll gets noticed.
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Moderator Sues TikTok after Suffering PTSD
January 18, 2022 | Historical Lit Watch
The company required moderators to view hours and hours of extreme and graphic violence in order to protect the TikTok platform and community.
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Workers' Comp Must Cover Remote Employee's Injury Suffered During 'Commute'
December 15, 2021 | Historical Lit Watch
A German federal court has said that the first trip between a bedroom and home office qualifies as a covered commute.
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No Defense for Employees' Criminal Actions
December 06, 2021 | Core Article Library|Discussion
The employees of Armstrong Coal Company [allegedly] falsified coal dust samples for the purpose of showing the company to be in violation of safety standards and potentially halt production. However, the policy excluded coverage for pollution and their legal costs weren't covered.
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Film Production Insurance
November 08, 2021 | Core Article Library|Discussion
Following the shooting in the film production of "Rust", we examine what insurance coverage exists for film productions and how it applies.
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Working from Home and Compensable Workers Compensation
November 01, 2021 | Core Article Library
With many workers shifting to a home-based work environment, workers compensation exposures could exist that may not otherwise be present in the employee's company workspace. Ohio is taking action to define what injuries are compensable in a work from home environment.
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Fraud of the Week: When the Boss Labels you Wrong
November 01, 2021 | Discussion
Workers performing demolition are rated as florists and office workers.
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Insurance Q&A of the Week: Is a Surfing Instructor a Sailor?
August 16, 2021 | Questions & Answers
A surfing instructor is injured on the job, and the carrier says w/c coverage doesn't apply but the Jones Act does. What's correct?
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Man Gored by Bull While On the Job Won't Receive Coverage
July 21, 2021 | Historical Lit Watch
CW: Attempted Suicide. The Wisconsin Supreme Court found that a man who was gored by a bull while working in his employer's livestock yard will not receive coverage.
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The Basics of Guaranty Funds
July 05, 2021 | Core Article Library|Discussion
The basics on guaranty funds.
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Fianceé Death Benefits Reversed by Appeals Court
June 03, 2021 | Historical Lit Watch
According to the case brief filed, the couple had been living together since 2013 and in their minds, considered themselves to be "married" at the point when they moved in together.
