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In Michigan, a worker's injuries can be statutorily excluded from coverage if the major purpose of his activities at the time of injury were social or recreational.

In Ohio, a worker's termination can be considered a voluntary abandonment from employment barring TTD compensation if it originates from behavior that the worker willingly undertook.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention amended the World Trade Center health program regulations to add certain types of cancer to the list of covered health conditions.

In Utah, an employer's previous insurer can be liable for a worker's benefits even if it was not the insurer at the time of the injury.

The Department of Labor and Industries proposed no increase in the average rate for workers' compensation insurance.

In Kentucky, a worker is generally not required to provide notice of a gradual injury or cumulative trauma until a physician diagnoses a gradual, work-related injury.

In Louisiana, a seven-year gap between a worker's injury and work-related accident and intervening accidents will make it difficult to prove a causal connection between the injury and work accident.

According to this court, the ADA's definition of an employee with a disability does not include an individual engaging in the illegal misuse of prescription painkillers.

In Florida, in order for an injury during a recreational activity at work to be compensable, the worker must show that her participation was mandatory and that the activities produced a substantial direct benefit to the employer beyond improvement in employee health and morale.

In North Carolina, an employer cannot deduct wages earned by a concurrent employer in calculating partial disability benefits.

In Indiana, a worker's receipt of workers' compensation benefits in another state as the result of a negotiated settlement agreement, rather than a unilateral, voluntary payment does not automatically prevent his receipt of Indiana benefits.

In Nebraska, evidence that a worker could return to gainful employment in a light-duty position will prevent a finding of total disability under the odd-lot doctrine.

The Workers' Compensation Commission proposed an amendment to a rule regarding the procedure and timeline for determining the average weekly wage.

In Missouri, an employer is not required to pay a penalty on benefits provided by the second injury fund.

In Alabama, a worker's injury to a scheduled member can be compensated outside the schedule if the pain from the injury is "virtually totally" physically disabling.