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The Illinois Appellate Court upheld an award of penalties to an injured worker for his employer’s unreasonable delay in paying benefits.
Vincent Secor worked for Concrete Structures of the Midwest as a journeyman concrete carpenter for more than 20 years. His job required repeated heavy lifting, squatting, kneeling and walking.
On Jan. 12, 2017, Secor was instructed to lift a manhole cover to measure air quality. He and a co-worker used rebar hooks to lift the cover and move it.
Secor said he felt a tearing sensation in his back as he slid the… Read more »
The Mississippi Court of Appeals upheld a series of decisions by the Workers’ Compensation Commission denying a worker’s allegations that he had not been paid his award of permanent partial disability benefits.
Case: Bridgeman v. SBC Internet Services Inc., No. 2024-WC-01199-COA, 03/10/2026, published.
Facts: Craig Bridgeman worked for SBC Internet Services Inc. He… Read more »
The Connecticut Appellate Court upheld an award of temporary total disability benefits to a former police officer who became disabled years after he retired.
Case: Martinoli v. Stamford Police Department, No. AC 45229, 03/10/2026, published.
Facts: Louis Martinoli worked for the Stamford Police Department. In January 1999, he established a compensable claim for coronary artery… Read more »News: WEST
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The West Virginia Supreme Court ruled that an injured worker was entitled to an increase in her permanent partial disability award.
Case: ACNR Resources v. Goff, No. 25-663, 03/24/2026, published.
Facts: Danielle Goff worked for ACNR Resources Inc. She suffered injuries at work in October 2022 when a rail track fell on her right leg.
Dr. David Hubbard treated Goff immediately after… Read more »
A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for injuries from a fall from a ladder.
Case: Fields v. Junius-Liberty Development LLC, No. 808496/22, 03/12/2026, published.
Facts: Randy Fields suffered injuries while working at a construction site when he fell from a ladder.
Fields was… Read more »Prosecutors in Southern California announced that the owner of a construction company was charged with six counts of felony workers' compensation fraud with an alleged loss of about $519,000.
Jonah Slatky, 53, pleaded not guilty at a March 27 arraignment.
Slatky owns Grand Custom, a… Read more »
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek enacted a bill to create a tiered structure for temporary total and permanent total disability benefits.
Currently, benefits are two-thirds of a worker's weekly wages and capped at 133% of the state's average weekly wage.
Under SB 1519, enacted Tuesday, benefits will be 75% of the portion of a worker's wage that is equal to… Read more »
Health care technology firm Office Ally announced on Thursday that it has acquired Jopari Solutions, a clearinghouse focused on property and casualty claims and electronic payments.
Financial terms were not disclosed.
The deal adds Jopari’s network for workers’ compensation… Read more »
Understanding how guardian ad litem works is a key component to settling workers’ compensation claims where the applicant lacks the capacity to settle for one reason or another.
Most workers’ compensation cases follow a similar path. An injury occurs, the… Read more »
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