Workers' Compensation News
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Janitor's Workplace Contributed to His Injuries, Court Concludes
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05/16/2013
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State: IA | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A janitor's inexplicable fall is compensable because the hard surfaces of his supervisor's office aggravated his injuries, an Iowa appellate court ruled. Case: AARP and Arch Insurance Co. v. Whitacre, No. 3-082/12-1519, 5/15/13, published.Facts: Donald Whitacre, 79, w...Read More
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Jury Must Decide if Property Manager Was Worker's Employer
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05/09/2013
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: NY | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A jury must decide whether a property manager qualified as the special employer of a worker who fell to his death while using a scissor lift to replace ceiling tiles in the building's loading dock.Case: Vasquez v. Cohen Brothers Realty Corporation, Nos. 9422, 106...Read More
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Jail Sentence for Man who Faked Work Injuries for Narcotics
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05/08/2013
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A Washington state workers' compensation claimant who is accused of faking a work injury in order to obtain a prescription for narcotic painkillers was sentenced to 45 days in jail, the state Department of Labor & Industries announced on Tuesday.Jose Ramon Amaya-Hernandez pleaded...Read More
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Judge Erred in Evaluating MCC of Worker's Psychological Injury
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05/07/2013
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: FL | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Other
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A judge erred in considering whether a worker's physical injury was the major contributing cause of her psychological injury where the compensability of the psychological injury was not in dispute.Case: Phillips-Hunter v. Amstaff Human Resources, No. 1D12-3342, 0...Read More
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Judge Orders AIG to Produce Documents on Comp Recoveries
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05/03/2013
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State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal
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By David Dankwa, Senior ReporterA federal judge in South Carolina has ordered American International Group to produce documents and information concerning third-party recoveries and reimbursements it received for workers’ compensation claims going back to 1999 and later years....Read More
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Jury Issues $240 Million Disability Discrimination Award
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05/03/2013
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State: IA | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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An Iowa jury awarded the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission an award for $240 million in damages after concluding that a turkey-processing business was liable for disability discrimination. The federal agency sued Henry's Turkey Service in U.S. District Court for the Southe...Read More
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Judge Casey Instructor for Medical Report-Writing Course
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04/23/2013
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By: Jim Sams (Senior Editor)
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State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Medical
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WorkCompCentral will provide a two-day course in June to teach physicians and medical evaluators how to write reports that comply with the new legal standard for California workers' comp. "Essential Guide to Writing Medical Reports: Meeting Post SB 863 Standards" offers 12 hours of c...Read More
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Judge Orders Minister to Repay Comp Benefits
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04/23/2013
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State: NY | Segment: EAST | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A judge in Troy, N.Y., has ordered the Rev. Willie Bacote to repay nearly $7,000 he collected in workers' compensation benefits and to pay a fine of an equal amount.The Troy Record reported that Bacote, who is minister at the AME Zion Church in Troy, has been ordered to repay $6,695....Read More
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Judge Erred in Dismissing Worker's Suit, but Error Was Harmless
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04/22/2013
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By: Sherri Okamoto (Legal Reporter)
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State: TX | Segment: CENTRAL | 0 | Popular with Legal
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A trial judge erred by granting summary judgment in favor of a Texas employer dismissing a lawsuit filed by an injured employee on the basis of workers' compensation exclusivity without first determining that the employee had received notice of the summary judgment hearing, but this error w...Read More
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