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In Louisiana, a worker who suffers from a preexisting medical condition is entitled to benefits if the accident aggravated, accelerated, or combined with the preexisting condition to produce disability.

In Virginia, medical opinions that are inconclusive regarding the cause of a worker's injury do not support compensability for the injury.

The Department of Insurance proposed rules regarding the preferred provider programs.

In Alabama, a worker's injury arises from his employment if it occurs at a time and place he would reasonably be expected to have been in furtherance of the employment relationship.

In Indiana, a worker's injuries in an accident on a public road are generally not compensable because the public road is open to the general public.

In Alabama, a traveling employee is one who is geographically limited by the necessity of being available for work on the employer's job site.

In New York, the stress experienced by a police officer after a shootout is no greater than the stress experienced by similarly situated police officers and is therefore not compensable.

In North Carolina, a worker's injuries arise out of his employment if the nature of the employment creates or increases a risk to which the worker is exposed.

The Department of Labor and Industry proposed amendments to rules and new rules regarding workers' compensation insurance coverage.

In Ohio, an injured worker's PTD benefits can be considered overpaid if he was doing sustained remunerative work at any time during which he was receiving PTD compensation.

In Indiana, an employer can be required to furnish medical services and supplies to limit or reduce the amount and extent of a worker's impairment, unless the parties agree otherwise.

In California, a worker's sudden fall from a ladder while working in a job that required him to climb ladders is not uncommon, unusual, or unexpected.

The Division of Industrial Relations proposed amendments to a regulation regarding the method raters performing permanent partial disability evaluations are to use when apportioning prior PPD awards.

In Kansas, nursing services by a member of an injured worker's family must be approved in advance by the treating physician.

An expected entitlement to Michigan workers' compensation benefits qualifies as property, as does the claim for benefits, and the injury to such property can create a RICO violation.