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In Washington, when the Department of Labor and Industries fails to provide a worker's attending physician with a copy of the closure order and therefore prevents the physician from appealing the order, the worker's claim is not final until 60 days after the attending physician receives a copy of the order.

An employer's act of denying further benefits to an employee after discovering that the employee provided a fake Social Security number on his employment application does not bar the employer from asserting the exclusivity defense under the Workers' Compensation Act.

In North Carolina, a worker may be entitled to workers' compensation benefits if she can demonstrate that she suffers from a compensable occupational disease and was last injuriously exposed to the hazards of the disease while working for the last employer.

In Indiana, an employer may be required to pay for secondary medical treatment if it is necessary in order to treat the employee's work-related injury.

The Virginia Court of Appeals upheld a ruling that a worker¿s preinjury average weekly wage computation does not include the weeks when the worker was on strike.

In Ohio, a magistrate may use a worker's corrected preinjury visual acuity as the baseline for determining vision loss after an industrial injury.

Employers should be mindful that consistency in implementation of policies and treatment of employees is crucial to preventing discrimination claims.

In Colorado, a worker must first show that her impairment was caused by a work-related injury. An authorized treating physician's opinion alone does not establish a right to benefits.

In Texas, an employer can terminate an employee under an absence control policy if the policy is reasonable and is uniformly enforced on all employees.

In Vermont, there is no requirement in the law that workers' compensation benefits and medical benefits be apportioned between a work-related injury and a preexisting disease or injury.

In the 3d Circuit, a four-year statute of limitations applies to failure-to-transfer claims brought under the ADA and the Rehabilitation Act.

A worker's stress resulting from exposure to a single traumatic event is adjudicated as an occupational "injury" rather than an occupational "disease" and the time for filing is not extended for such mental health conditions.

Under Michigan law, a claimant establishes disability by proving a limitation in wage earning capacity.

In Kentucky, annuities paid to a worker from a workers' compensation settlement are not considered monthly benefits and are therefore not included when calculating maximum disability benefits.

In California, if a particular workers' compensation law is repealed while the litigation is pending, all pending actions are stopped, and the reviewing court must dispose of the case under the law in force when its decision is rendered.