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In New York, a heart injury that is brought on by overexertion or strain in the course of daily work is compensable.

In Arkansas, the fact that a worker could not determine the exact moment he sustained an injury does not prevent him from proving that he suffered a compensable injury as a result of a specific incident.

In Louisiana, an employer's controversion of a claim is unreasonable when it is aware of numerous medical opinions that find a direct connection between the worker's condition and the work accident.

When an injury occurs in Pennsylvania, a written agreement conferring jurisdiction in another state is unenforceable.

In Georgia, an employer's workers' compensation carrier's payment of funeral expenses for a deceased worker does not prevent the worker's children from suing and contesting the applicability of workers' compensation coverage.

In Louisiana, an employee who is terminated can be entitled to benefits if it is unclear whether her termination was for cause.

In Vermont, a workers' compensation carrier cannot seek reimbursement from life insurance payments paid to a deceased worker's beneficiaries.

In Louisiana, a worker's earning capacity can include the earnings she would have received from an available position for which she applied but was not selected.

In Ohio, a worker's request for surgery required for an allowed condition cannot be denied just because the surgery would also treat a condition not related to the work injury.

In Kansas, a worker is entitled to reimbursement for an examination with a health care provider even if the same provider makes an impairment rating based on a different examination.

In Kentucky, an injured worker is not required to join her second workers' compensation claim against an employer with a first claim when a hearing was already held on the first claim.

In Louisiana, a worker is not entitled to benefits if he willfully makes a false statement or representation for the purpose of obtaining or defeating a benefit or payment.

In Missouri, an injury does not arise out of and in the course of employment if it comes from a hazard or risk to which the worker would have been equally exposed outside of work.

In Nebraska, accepting a job paying minimum wage does not automatically restore an injured worker to suitable or gainful employment when his previous employment was at a significantly greater wage.

In New Mexico, in calculating the AWW for employment for less than 26 weeks, the total wages earned by the worker should be divided by the number of weeks he worked in the job.

In New York, where the county medical examiner provides credible medical testimony that a worker's work activities contributed to his fatal heart attack, and it is undisputed that he was in the course of his employment when he became fatally ill, the worker's preexisting advanced cardiovascular disease will not block a finding that his death was causally related to his work.

In Kansas, a worker assaulted on the job by a coworker has a valid workers' compensation claim unless the attack grew out of a purely personal dispute.

In Illinois, a worker is entitled to benefits for stress if the working conditions expose the worker to risks greater than those facing the general public.

In South Carolina, an injured worker's desire to open a restaurant is too speculative to show that he did not sustain a wage loss.

In Kentucky, a worker can be entitled to benefits for an injury that occurred off-premises during a paid break if the worker left the premises for a "personal convenience."