Workers' Compensation: Key COVID-19 Issues

Summary

This practice note provides guidance on how COVID-19 affects workers' compensation claims now and in the future. Among other things, the practice note provides guidance on whether employees will be able to claim that the workers' compensation bar does not preclude their claims in court and discusses how employers can prevent workers' compensation claims during the coronavirus pandemic and after it subsides. Note that the term "employers," as often used below, should be broadly construed in most cases to include employers and their agents, third-party administrators, and insurance carriers.