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In Texas, evidence that a worker was on a special mission for the employer can help establish that a worker was in the course and scope of his employment.

In Idaho, an injured worker alleging a change in condition must show an increased level of impairment.

In Utah, an employer is not considered an agricultural employer if his operations do not include feeding, harvesting, or management of wildlife.

In Virginia, when a prosthesis is removed but not replaced during surgery, the 24-month limitations period for the review of an award does not apply.

In Texas, the exclusive remedy provision bars claims by a temporary worker against a client company if the client company shows that it was the worker's employer and that it subscribed to workers' compensation insurance.

In Alabama, an injured worker receiving unemployment compensation can be entitled to PTD benefits for the same time period.

In New York, a worker is not entitled to compensation for injuries occurring in an off-duty, voluntary employee athletic activity that was not part of her work-related duties and not sponsored by her employer.

In California, a construction company's failure to provide a spotter to help direct the movement of construction equipment may amount to serious and willful misconduct that will entitle an injured worker to increased benefits.

In Connecticut, a worker has one year to file a claim for hypertension. Notations in the medical records of a history of hypertension and a prescription for antihypertensive medications show that the worker had knowledge that he suffered from hypertension.

In Virginia, an injury arises out of the employment when a worker shows that a condition of his workplace caused or contributed to his injury.

In Louisiana, a worker can be found to be intoxicated by a drug for which she has a valid prescription.

In Utah, an injury occurs during the course of employment when the worker is injured while fulfilling his work duties or engaged in doing something incidental to his employment.

In Florida, a worker's decision to pull his vehicle over to a narrow shoulder during a business-related road trip to urinate falls within the personal comfort doctrine.

In New York, a worker's serious misrepresentation of his disability to the carrier's doctor in contrast to video evidence warrants disqualifying him from past and future indemnity benefits.

In Tennessee, for a hernia to be compensable, the worker must show it was caused by an incident at work, it appeared suddenly accompanied by pain immediately following the incident, and it did not exist prior to the incident.

In Ohio, a psychiatric condition can be compensable if it results from a compensable physical injury.