Thomas A. Robinson, J.D., our Feature National Columnist, is a leading commentator and expert on the law of workers' compensation.

South Carolina: Nurse Anesthetist's Fall Was Not Idiopathic; Benefits Should Be Awarded. A fall by a certified registered nurse anesthetist in an operating room was not idiopathic and arose out of and in the course of her employment in spite of the fact that the exact cause of her fall was not known...read more.

Texas: Worker Was Not Intoxicated From Cocaine in Spite of "Doing Two Lines" Several Days Prior to Accident. An injured worker was not intoxicated when he sustained injuries in an electrical explosion in spite of the fact that a urine sample taken at a nearby hospital tested positive for benzoylecgonine, a cocaine byproduct...read more.

Kansas: Court of Appeals Errs in Finding Employee's Claim Barred, as Matter of Law, by Going and Coming Rule. Finding that the evidence on whether an injured employee was at work or leaving work at the time of his injury "was not amenable to only one factual finding," the Supreme Court of Kansas held...read more.

New Mexico: No Statutory Limitation on Duration of Temporary Total Disability Benefits. An injured employee's eligibility for TTD benefits is not limited to 500 or 700 weeks-depending upon the severity of the disability-as is the case for permanent partial disability benefits, but rather may continue until either...read more.