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The Department of Labor and Industries issued a preproposal statement of inquiry regarding rules on conversion factors, physical therapy, occupational therapy, and medical aid.

In Florida, an accident is compensable when an employer creates an increased risk of injury because of a hazard on the route a worker customarily and necessarily uses to exit from work.

In Missouri, to trigger liability of the second injury fund, a worker must show that his preexisting disability "represented an obstacle or hindrance to his ability to work."

In Alaska, a municipality can be considered a "project owner" that is required to pay benefits to an injured worker if the worker's employer is a contractor that failed to secure the payments.

In Tennessee, a worker's positive test for drug use after an unexplained fall shows that the worker's intoxication was the proximate cause of his injuries.

In North Carolina, an employer-employee relationship can exist when the worker is regularly employed by the employer, the worker is paid by the hour, and the employer provides the tools for the job.

Under the ADA of 1990, video evidence showing a worker carrying furniture and doing yardwork may contradict an argument that the worker is an individual with a disability.

In Nebraska, a misrepresentation defense is not available to employers when a worker misrepresents her work-related injury history on a preemployment questionnaire.

In Illinois, a worker's injuries arise out of her employment if her employment was a contributing factor in the accident.

In Oklahoma, laws that exclude physicians other than medical doctors or doctors of osteopathy, including the definition of "qualified independent medical examiner" are unconstitutional.

In New Jersey, evidence that an employee was not engaged in work when he was assaulted by a carjacker will undermine his claim that the incident arose out of and in the course of his employment.

In New Hampshire, a mental injury for a business failure taken in good faith is not compensable.

The Division of Workers' Compensation proposed amendments to rules regarding general medical provisions and preauthorization, concurrent utilization review, and voluntary certification of health care.

In Tennessee, a worker's reinjury is not compensable when it is the result of an independent, intervening cause attributable to the worker's conduct.

In Ohio, a company setting a deadline for a worker does not suggest that the worker is an employee.

In Kentucky, if a worker's supervisor has knowledge of her concurrent employment, her AWW should include her wages from the second job.