Iowa: Employer Not Responsible for Individualized Counseling for Injured Employee's Spouse. While the employer is required to furnish reasonable services and supplies to treat an injured employee, the plain language of the statute does not require the employer to pay for individualized counseling services for someone other than...read more.

Nebraska: Wyoming Coroner's Report Not Entitled to Full Faith and Credit. A Wyoming county coroner's report that listed the cause of death as an accidental overdose of medications an injured worker was taking to relieve pain following a compensable injury is evidence to be considered, but...read more.

Connecticut: Apportionment Not Allowed For Employee's Pre-existing Diabetic Neuropathy. The Supreme Court of Connecticut reiterated the general rule that an employee is ordinarily responsible for all the consequences of a compensable injury...read more.

Arkansas: Injuries Sustained Walking to Employer's Work Trailer Found Compensable. An Arkansas court ruled that an ironworker sustained a compensable injury when he slipped on ice while walking from the main gate of a construction site to his employer's work trailer prior to clocking in...read more.

West Virginia: State Regulation Denying Reimbursement for In-Office Treatment for Heavy Metal Illness Declared Invalid. An injured worker's medical expenses related to intravenous chelation therapy performed in a medical office should have been paid by the employer in spite of a specific state regulation  that precluded the reimbursement...read more.