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In Oklahoma, a worker who never received temporary total disability benefits cannot prevail on a claim that he was subjected to retaliation when he was terminated during a period of temporary total disability.

In Georgia, a coworker is not protected from a suit brought by an injured worker unless the coworker was acting in the course of employment when he injured a worker.

In Tennessee, a worker who is terminated in retaliation for a workers' compensation claim does not have a meaningful return to work and is entitled to benefits at the statutory maximum of six times the medical impairment rating.

In Washington, the Department of Labor and Industries cannot authorize treatment by a spinal cord stimulator as necessary and proper medical treatment.

In New York, an employer's act of providing permission on one occasion to take home the employer's vehicle does not raise the issue of a frequent and regular practice of providing transportation to its employees.

In Nevada, a worker's average monthly wage calculation includes the untaxed tip income that he reported to his employer.

In Alabama, a worker's injury while walking to her car after the end of her shift is not compensable if she was not attempting to leave work and was retrieving nonwork-related items from her car.

In Georgia, the unexplained death presumption can arise when the worker becomes ill at his place of employment and later dies from the illness at the hospital.

In Kansas, evidence that a worker only began to experience problems related to a preexisting condition after a work accident can show that the accident aggravated her preexisting condition.

In North Carolina, "suitable employment" is any job that a worker is capable of performing considering her age, education, physical limitations, vocational skills, and experience.

A forum selection clause in an employment contract cannot waive a worker's right to receive workers' compensation benefits due in Maryland.

In Kentucky, a volunteer firefighter who is otherwise unemployed and has no regular employment is not entitled to income benefits.

In Connecticut, a two-year filing period applies for the dependents of workers who suffer a work-related accident and death on the same day.

In New Jersey, an employer-employee relationship exists when the employer retains the right to control what work is done and how the work is done.

In Louisiana, a worker who suffers a work-related injury that immediately manifests itself but only later develops into a disability must file a claim within one year from the development of the disability.