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In California, a worker injured by a coworker's prank is limited by the exclusive remedy provision of the workers' compensation law.

If parties to a workers' compensation settlement agreement in Montana are mutually mistaken as to a material fact concerning the nature and extent of a worker's injury, such as in the case of a misdiagnosis, then the settlement agreement may be set aside.

In Iowa, any disability that remains after a stabilization of a condition will support an award of PPD benefits to the extent the residual impairment decreases the worker's earning capacity.

In Oregon, in defining preexisting conditions for workers' compensation claims, the term "arthritis" means the inflammation of one or more joints due to infectious, metabolic, or constitutional causes, resulting in breakdown, degeneration, or structural change.

In Oklahoma, a worker who is injured by a coworker's prank or horseplay is an innocent victim and entitled to workers' compensation if there is proof that the injured worker did not initiate or voluntarily participate in the incident, or that the injured employee's only involvement in the incident was exclusively directed at escaping or avoiding the horseplay.

In Louisiana, a worker's testimony alone may be sufficient to establish a work-related accident occurred. However, other conflicting evidence can discredit the worker's testimony.

In Michigan, an employee who expects that despite her performance, the employer can never evaluate and require improvements is not reasonable.

In Florida, the critical factor in determining independent contractor status is the degree of control exerted by the alleged employer.

In Oregon, short-term disability benefits do not reduce the amount of workers' compensation benefits the worker is entitled to.

A worker in Louisiana will not be sanctioned for failing to obtain court-ordered medical treatment when she has difficulty finding a doctor willing to accept a workers' compensation patient.

In North Dakota, a worker is not required to show the employment was the sole cause of her injury, but she must establish a causal connection by demonstrating her employment was a substantial contributing factor to the injury.

To determine whether an employee is performing employment services, Arkansas courts consider whether the injury occurred within the time and space boundaries of the employment when the employee was carrying out the employer's purpose, or advancing the employer's interest, directly or indirectly.

Under the last injurious exposure rule, the carrier covering the risk at the time of the most recent compensable injury bearing a causal relationship to the disability bears the responsibility to make the required workers' compensation payments.

To be eligible for second job wage loss benefits, a worker must be "employed by more than one employer."

In Connecticut, a worker's right to permanent partial disability benefits, as well as the entitlement by the worker's surviving spouse or dependent, vests when the worker reaches maximum medical improvement and does not depend on an affirmative request for benefits.

In Wyoming, a physical injury must be something outside the biological changes in the brain associated with mental disorders in order for the injury to be compensable.