Thomas A. Robinson, J.D., our Feature National Columnist, is a leading commentator and expert on the law of workers' compensation.
Arizona: Mexican Employer Subject to Arizona Act for In-State Injury. A Mexican corporation and employer, whose employee--a citizen and resident of Mexico--was severely injured in Arizona while driving a diesel fuel transport truck from Phoenix to Nogales, Mexico, was subject to Arizona's workers' comp statutes...read more.
Federal: Tennessee Employee May Not Sue Statutory Employer for Work-Related Injury. Noting that Tennessee courts have held that the exclusive remedy rule protects statutory employers from tort claims by employees of their subcontractors for injuries covered by...read more.
New Jersey: Casino's Own Surveillance Video Defeats Employer's "Going & Coming" Argument. A casino's security surveillance video supported the employee's claim that at the time of a vehicular accident, in which she was injured, a small portion of her SUV was...read more.
Ohio: Admission of Non-Testifying Physician's Report Allowed Where Employer Sought Submission to IME. A non-testifying physician's report was admissible as an admission against the interest of the employer, where the employer requested...read more.
Legal, insurance, and business professionals go to conferences to learn about the cutting edge new stuff, to attend the meet-and-greet events where the booze (and the blarney) flows free, and perhaps to be inspired by the energy that invariably builds throughout a good conference venue over the course of days. But when you come right down to it, people endure the travel and lost time away from the office, and cough up some pretty hefty registration dollars in most cases, because conference attendance can create--especially for the well-initiated--the kind of solid new business potential that can have a noticeable effect on a company's bottom line. 
