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In Oregon, a worker's injuries arise out of her employment if the risk of the injury results from the nature of the work or when it originates from some risk to which the work environment exposes the worker.

In Indiana, the workers' compensation board has jurisdiction to hear claims of bad faith brought by an injured worker's guardians.

If a worker's marriage is valid by the law of the place where it originated, it is valid in Pennsylvania.

An employee with a disability who claims that she is otherwise qualified with a reasonable accommodation bears the initial burden of proposing an accommodation and showing that it is objectively reasonable.

In Washington, a worker can sue a coworker if the coworker was not acting in the course of his employment at the time of the worker's injury.

In Delaware, a contractor is not required to monitor its subcontractor's workers' compensation insurance coverage during the entire coverage period.

In Washington state, to establish an occupational disease due to chemical exposure, a worker must establish a causal link between her condition and her employment.

In Wyoming, an employment contract that expressly states that per diem payments do not include pay for travel time or mileage will prevent an accident during a worker's commute from home to work from being considered compensable.

In North Carolina, in order to prove the existence of an occupational disease, a worker must show a causal connection between the disease and the employment.

In Arizona, employees of Indian tribes cannot receive workers' compensation from the state. Rather, they must file claims with the tribe's workers' compensation carrier.

In Louisiana, a worker's termination for violating an employer's policies will cut off her supplemental earnings benefits.

In Pennsylvania, in cases where the causal connection between a worker's work and his injury is not obvious, the connection must be established by unequivocal medical testimony.

In Kentucky, injuries arising from a workplace assault are not compensable if the attack was related to personal grievances between the parties.

In Michigan, the commission will defer to the magistrate's credibility determination where such determination is reasonable.

In Wyoming, a worker is required to undergo separate medical examinations for each application for TTD benefits.

In Kansas, a preexisting condition is not compensable if the work activities did not accelerate the ongoing degenerative condition.

In Georgia, an employer can seek relevant protected health information informally by communicating orally with a worker's treating physician.

In Kansas, a worker's unexplained fall while walking is a hazard to which the worker would have been equally exposed apart from the employment and is not compensable.

In Oregon, the fact that an employer has control over the location where an employee is injured is not enough to establish compensability of the injury.

In Florida, a worker's termination based on misconduct suspends his right to temporary partial disability benefits.