Injuries Sustained During Telecommuting Employee’s Personal Breaks May Be Compensable
In recent years, some courts have found the personal comfort doctrine to apply to employees working from a home office. The personal comfort doctrine provides that an employee is still in the course of...
Can An Employer Ask Questions About an Applicant’s Prior Workers’ Compensation Claims and Previous Medical Conditions?
Employers have long understood that making “good” hiring decisions can have a significant impact on workers’ compensation costs. Until more recent times, there was essentially no limitation on an...
Iowa Court of Appeals Provides Guidance on Investigating a Worker’s Claim of Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome
Recently, in Zaglauer vs. Mercy Medical Center, 2013 WL 5276149, the Iowa Court of Appeals determined that a Claimant who had an uncontested work accident did not suffer from chronic regional pain...
Nebraska Workers’ Compensation Court Awards Custom Wheelchairs, Sleep Number Bed, and Wheelchair Accessible Van to Employee
On Aug. 27, the Nebraska Workers’ Compensation Court awarded the plaintiff in Simmons v. Precast Haulers, Inc., Doc. 212 No. 0087 (2013), a custom light weight wheelchair, an electric/powered wheelchair,...