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In Delaware, the limitations period for filing a workers' compensation claim begins when the worker should have been aware of the nature, seriousness, and compensability of her injury.

In Texas, a contractor that provides workers' compensation insurance to employees of a subcontractor is entitled to the exclusive remedy defense in a suit brought by an injured worker of the subcontractor.

The State Corporation Commission received proposed advisory loss costs and revised assigned risk rates and rating values from the National Council on Compensation Insurance Inc.

In California, an injured worker can challenge the presumptive scheduled percentage of permanent disability by showing a factual error in the calculation, the omission of medical complications aggravating the disability, or the employee is not amenable to rehabilitation.

In Tennessee, a worker may be entitled to permanent total disability benefits if his doctors initially opine that he was partially disabled but later conclude that he was totally disabled.

The Department of Labor and Industries issued a preproposal statement of inquiry on changes to the retrospective rating for workers' compensation insurance.

In Tennessee, a medical impairment rating registry physician can give an opinion as to the cause of a worker's injury.

In Mississippi, two companies owned by the same owner are not "alter egos" of each other if they have distinct business purposes, separate insurance, different names, and different areas of expertise.

In Indiana, in determining whether an injury is compensable, the issue is not whether the injury resulted from an everyday activity but whether the injury was unexpected.

The Division of Workers' Compensation proposed regulations to implement the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act and state laws governing the accommodations process for members of the public participating in the division's activities, services, and programs.

In South Carolina, if an employer withdraws workers' compensation premiums from a worker's paycheck, the employer must cover the worker's work-related injuries.

A worker's injuries resulting from premeditated and deliberately planned horseplay do not arise out of and in the course of his employment.

In Kansas, in determining when an injury arose out of the employment, the focus should be on whether the activity that resulted in the injury was connected to the performance of the job.

In Minnesota, the Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals has jurisdiction to determine whether an insurance contract provides Minnesota workers' compensation coverage under Minnesota law.

In Illinois, the stress of being laid off is a stress to which all workers are occasionally subjected. A worker's injuries resulting from such stress do not arise out of her employment.