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In Illinois, a worker can be entitled to workers' compensation for injuries sustained in a car accident if she was on a work-related trip to a store.

In Texas, a worker is entitled to receive supplemental income benefits if he has an impairment rating of 15 percent or greater.

In Oklahoma, an injured worker who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder and depression as a result of a work incident is not entitled to benefits unless he also suffered a physical injury in the incident.

In Kentucky, the failure of a medical expert to receive an adequate patient history can lead to the expert's opinion being rejected.

In Ohio, age alone cannot be a basis for granting permanent total disability benefits.

In Indiana, unexplained falls are the result of a neutral risk and are therefore compensable.

Employers must engage in a good-faith interactive process with employees to identify and implement appropriate reasonable accommodations.

In Kentucky, a court may consider the intent of a coworker when determining whether the coworker's actions constituted willful and unprovoked physical aggression.

In Hawaii, an occupational disease is compensable if it is caused by conditions that are characteristic of or peculiar to the particular trade, occupation, or employment.

In Wyoming, under the second compensable injury rule, a subsequent injury or condition is compensable only if it is causally related to the initial compensable injury.

In Florida, substance abuse rehabilitation can be authorized for a worker where there is no preexisting drug dependency issue until the worker begins receiving narcotic medication in treatment of chronic pain for her industrial injuries.

A worker's receipt of Social Security disability benefits may prevent her from establishing a disability discrimination claim under the ADA if she fails to explain her representation in her disability application that she was unable to work.

In Louisiana, a worker's exclusive remedy for workplace injuries is workers' compensation unless the injuries are the result of an intentional act.

In Indiana, the workers' compensation board has jurisdiction to hear claims of bad faith brought by an injured worker's guardians.

In Oregon, a worker's injuries arise out of her employment if the risk of the injury results from the nature of the work or when it originates from some risk to which the work environment exposes the worker.

In Pennsylvania, an employee who reports to the employer's office every morning but regularly leaves to attend appointments in a company car can be considered a traveling employee.