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In Ohio, the denial of PTD can be considered unjust only when it is made against a worker who is incapable of sustained remunerative employment.

In Vermont, a workers' compensation carrier cannot seek reimbursement from life insurance payments paid to a deceased worker's beneficiaries.

Under the ADA, an individual with a disability is entitled to a reasonable accommodation, not the accommodation of her choice.

In Louisiana, a worker's earning capacity can include the earnings she would have received from an available position for which she applied but was not selected.

In Michigan, where a worker's complaints of constant harassment are not supported by the history he gave his therapists, and the evidence indicates that the worker's perceptions of the events at work are unfounded, the worker failed to prove a work-related mental disability.

In Ohio, a worker's request for surgery required for an allowed condition cannot be denied just because the surgery would also treat a condition not related to the work injury.

In Kansas, a worker is entitled to reimbursement for an examination with a health care provider even if the same provider makes an impairment rating based on a different examination.

In Kentucky, an injured worker is not required to join her second workers' compensation claim against an employer with a first claim when a hearing was already held on the first claim.

In Delaware, courts are not required to find that a worker's treating physician is more credible than other experts.

In Louisiana, a worker's nominal earnings from sporadic employment will prevent him from recovering PTD benefits.

In New Jersey, when a worker suffered only one compensable incident while working for a first employer but continued to experience pain while working for a second employer, only the first employer is liable for his disability.

In Iowa, a worker can be entitled to reimbursement for unauthorized medical care if it provides a more favorable medical outcome than would likely been achieved by the employer.

In Arkansas, an injured worker must prove that he is incapable of earning any meaningful wage to be entitled to PTD benefits.

In Louisiana, a worker is not entitled to benefits if he willfully makes a false statement or representation for the purpose of obtaining or defeating a benefit or payment.

In Missouri, an injury does not arise out of and in the course of employment if it comes from a hazard or risk to which the worker would have been equally exposed outside of work.