Q: When is workers’ compensation, the so-called “exclusive remedy” for employee injuries, not an exclusive remedy? A: When the injured employee can prove the company knew an injury was likely to occur.

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Tags: exclusive remedy, forklift, injury likely to occur, light duty, scissors lift, ThyssenKrupp, Workers' comp

Don’t look for the U.S. Supreme Court to decide whether federal law preempts state laws requiring workers’ comp coverage for employees who are illegal immigrants.

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Tags: exclusive remedy, illegal immigrant, Immigration Reform and Control Act, U.S. Supreme Court, Workers' comp

Workers’ compensation is supposed to be the exclusive remedy for an employee injured at work — it protects employers from lawsuits. But that doesn’t stop some workers from trying to find the situations when comp isn’t the exclusive remedy.

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Workers’ comp is usually the “exclusive remedy” when an employee is injured on the job, meaning the worker can’t sue the company. But when OSHA issues a willful citation, does that open the door for a successful lawsuit?

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Tags: exclusive remedy, shoring, trench collapse, willful citation, Workers' comp

A story that vividly illustrates at least three points:

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When employees get injured at work, they can’t sue because workers’ comp is their “exclusive remedy,” right? That’s not the case if a company is found to have intentionally allowed employees to be harmed, as this case shows.

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Tags: exclusive remedy, hazardous glue, Workers' comp