Workers' Compensation News
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Appeal Petition Properly Dismissed as Untimely | 01/12/2024 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld the dismissal of a worker’s untimely petition to appeal a prior administrative ruling. ...Read More | |||
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Administratrix Gets Costs, Fees for Employer's Failure to Pay Award | 12/21/2023 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Kentucky Court of Appeals upheld costs and fees to the administratrix of a worker’s estate for the employer’s failure to pay an award to account for its prior underpayment of permanent total disability benefits. ...Read More | |||
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AWCA's Cap on PPD Doesn't Bar Worker From Receiving Additional Benefits | 12/14/2023 | |
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| State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A divided Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled that the statutory cap of 350 weeks of permanent partial disability benefits did not bar a worker from receiving additional benefits under a new law. ...Read More | |||
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Ankle Condition Qualifies as Schedule Injury to Foot, Not Leg | 12/08/2023 | |
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| State: NM | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The New Mexico Court of Appeals ruled that an ankle injury is a schedule injury to the "foot at the ankle." ...Read More | |||
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Attorneys Ask High Court to Assess Validity of SIB Rules | 11/22/2023 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Attorneys are asking the Texas Supreme Court to decide whether the Division of Workers’ Compensation is violating the law by awarding supplemental income benefits to some injured workers who didn’t submit a copy of job applications. ...Read More | |||
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Affiliated Corporations Share Immunity for Injuries to Employees | 11/20/2023 | |
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| State: SC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The South Carolina Court of Appeals ruled that three affiliated corporations effectively operated as a sole economic entity and shared immunity from civil liability for injuries to two employees. ...Read More | |||
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ALJ Can Rely on Regulatory Preamble to Reject Expert Opinions | 11/10/2023 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A federal appellate court ruled that an administrative law judge properly relied on the preamble to the Department of Labor's regulatory definition of pneumoconiosis in finding a coal miner’s widow was entitled to compensation under the Black Lung Benefits Act. ...Read More | |||
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ALJ Violates Worker's Due Process Rights | 11/09/2023 | |
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| State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Georgia Court of Appeals ruled that an administrative law judge violated a worker’s due process rights in addressing the compensability of a knee injury when that issue had not been presented for adjudication. ...Read More | |||
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Alaska, Delaware Update Authorized Provider Lists | 11/08/2023 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Labor regulators in Alaska and Delaware published updated lists of doctors who are authorized to provide services to injured workers. The Al...Read More | |||
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Administrative Trial Starts in NLRB Action Over Student Athletes | 11/08/2023 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Administrative proceedings on a National Labor Relations Board complaint alleging that the National Collegiate Athletics Association, the PAC-12 conference and the University of Southern California have not properly classified student athletes as employees. ...Read More | |||
