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
… Read more »The Washington Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a worker’s widow could not pursue benefits from his employer for his out-of-state death.
Case: Perez v.
… Read more »A California appellate court ruled that a San Francisco firefighter who suffered catastrophic injuries when a bus drove through an active emergency scene could not
… Read more »Eighty percent of all workers' compensation claims filed in Pennsylvania between 2018 and 2020 included at least one office and physical medicine visit, and upper
… Read more »The threshold for self-insured employers to report claim loss data to the Oregon Workers’ Compensation Division will decrease to $9,500 next year.
The division said
… Read more »A Texas appellate court upheld a jury’s finding that a worker had been terminated in retaliation for filing a workers’ compensation claim, and it upheld
… Read more »Retired Lubbock firefighter Matt Dawson, who suffered a traumatic brain injury in 2020 and was the inspiration for a bill to expand eligibility for lifetime
… Read more »The Kansas Court of Appeals upheld the calculation of a worker’s average weekly wage based on what he would have earned if he had not been
… Read more »A New York appellate court ruled that a worker had not been entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for alleged injuries he
… Read more »The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld an award of payment to a provider, ruling that an insurance carrier could not refuse to pay for treatment unrelated
… Read more »Sep 23-26, 2024
The IAIABC invites you to the IAIABC 110th Convention, "Passport to Solutions". The IAIABC Convent …
Oct 20-22, 2024
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