A SMALL POSITIVE BORN OF TRAGEDY

By Steven A. Minicucci Administrative/Association Judge Rhode Island Workers’ Compensation Court   The impact of the fire was far-reaching including the horrific deaths, debilitating, and disfiguring injuries, the political and criminal fallout in diminutive Rhode Island which was likened in court to the state’s own version of a 9/11 tragedy. In the aftermath of the […]

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DO EVIDENCE RULES INFRINGE ON FUNDAMENTAL FAIRNESS FOR SELF-REPRESENTED LITIGANTS IN WORKERS’ COMPENSATION COURTS?

By Thomas Wyatt Judge, Tennessee Bureau of Workers’ Compensation Chattanooga, TN   SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT A poll of lawyers and judges would certainly find overwhelming support for rules of evidence.  Some would say these rules promote orderly trials and decisions based on reliable documents and testimony.  Others would point out that evidentiary rules keep […]

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The Top 10 Bizarre Workers’ Comp Cases for 2022

By Thomas A. Robinson Copyright 2023.  All rights reserved. Reprinted with permission.   As I have noted early each January for many, many years now, prior to the death of my mentor and friend, Dr. Arthur Larson, the original author of the oft-cited Larson treatises in workers’ compensation law (and in employment discrimination law, as […]

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