Recent Developments in Workers' Compensation and Employers' Liability Law.

This survey reviews significant statutory developments and appellate court decisions addressing workers' compensation issues for the period from October 2014 through September 2015. Workers’ compensation systems are state statutory programs, and the direct effect of laws and case precedents outside of their state of origin is limited. Nevertheless, compensation principles and statutes have much in common among states and much can be learned from studying how legislatures and courts of other jurisdictions have treated similar issues. Notably, when state courts cannot adjudicate an issue based solely upon a statute’s plain language, and no precedent of the jurisdiction is determinative, they often look to authority from other states.