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In North Carolina, expert testimony is not required in every workers' compensation case to establish that a worker's job exposed him to an increased risk of a lightning strike injury.

In Virginia, an economic change in condition may change a worker's right to, amount of, or duration of compensation.

According to the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, under the ADA of 1990, an individual is currently engaging in the illegal use of drugs if the drug use was sufficiently recent to justify the employer's reasonable belief that the drug use remained an ongoing problem.

In Virginia, evidence that the employer controlled the worker's work and provided most of the tools used shows the worker was an employee, rather than an independent contractor.

In Kentucky, benefits received pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement are not exclusively employer-funded and are not offset by workers' compensation benefits received during the same time period.

In Florida, a statutory reduction of benefits is triggered when a worker intentionally commits an act in refusal of the employer's requirement to use a safety device.

The National Marine Fisheries Service issued an advance notice of proposed rulemaking to enhance consideration of safety issues in fisheries management in its guidelines.

In Connecticut, a worker can give notice of a claim to an agent of his employer triggering the employer's obligation to file a notice contesting the claim.

In Wisconsin, a compromise agreement is considered an adjudication of a compensation claim, and a worker's suit against his coworker for his injuries is barred.

In Oklahoma, if a probate court finds that a deceased worker was in a common law marriage, the common law wife is entitled to workers' compensation benefits.

In Arizona, a physician should rate an injured worker's impairment using the AMA Guides most recently published before the worker's impairment.

In Kansas, a phone call from an employer informing a worker that he passed his drug test and when to report for orientation does not create an employment contract if additional conditions are required for being able to work for the employer.

In Tennessee, a worker does not have a meaningful return to work if she retires after experiencing pain while working within her doctor's restrictions.

In New York, if an employee is injured while engaged in a work-related conversation with his manager, he is likely to establish the requisite nexus between his work and the injury to trigger coverage.

In Missouri, an employer that does not obtain workers' compensation insurance can be sued by an injured worker, even if the worker collects workers' compensation benefits from his separate statutory employer.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services proposed to treat chronic lymphocytic leukemia as a radiogenic cancer under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act.