The Missouri Court of Appeals reinstated a jury’s verdicts in favor of an injured worker on his disability discrimination claim.
Scott Caldwell worked for the
… Read more »An Arizona appellate court upheld a determination that a worker was entitled to additional treatment as he had not reached a medically stationary state.
Case:
… Read more »The Alabama Supreme Court issued a writ of mandamus compelling a trial court to dismiss the breach-of-contract and bad-faith claims against an insurance carrier arising
… Read more »The Virginia Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a poultry processing plant worker’s claim for injuries from an unexplained fall.
Case: Gutierrez v. Perdue
… Read more »The combined ratio for the U.S. workers’ compensation market worsened slightly in 2023 even as premiums increased year over year, according to an S&P Global
… Read more »The Workers’ Compensation Ethics Advisory Committee found a single instance of misconduct in complaints filed against comp judges in 2022 and 2023, according to a
… Read more »The Utah Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a former Walmart’s worker’s claim for permanent total disability benefits.
Darlene Rouse worked for Walmart. She
… Read more »An increase in average temporary disability duration drove a nearly 10% increase in average indemnity benefits per claim in Wisconsin in 2022, according to a
… Read more »Medical management firm OccMD on Tuesday announced the appointment of Cheryl Killion as the new director of nurse case management effective June 1.
Killion has
… Read more »A Texas appellate court ruled that a public school district was immune from civil liability to a former employee on her retaliatory discharge claim.
Case:
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