California lawmakers passed bills to discount time spent resolving medical treatment disputes from the aggregate cap on temporary disability benefits, expand post-traumatic stress disorder and skin cancer
… Read more »A California appellate court ruled that the Privette doctrine barred an electrical subcontractor’s employee from pursuing a civil suit against a general contractor for a
… Read more »The Appellate Court of Maryland ruled that the last injurious exposure rule does not apply to the apportionment of liability among an employer’s insurers when
… Read more »An Ohio appellate court overturned a denial of a widow’s request for compensation for her husband’s loss of use of his arms and legs, loss
… Read more »A California appellate court ruled that the recovery of workers’ compensation benefits was the exclusive remedy available to a yacht club employee for his on-the-job
… Read more »The Delaware Supreme Court ruled that the state Workers’ Compensation Act expressly allows employers and workers’ compensation carriers to assert subrogation liens against benefits paid to
… Read more »The Utah Court of Appeals upheld an administrative decision concerning the compensability of a worker’s past and future expenses for medications.
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… Read more »A divided Ohio Supreme Court overturned a grant of writ relief to a worker seeking permanent total disability benefits based on her inability to remain
… Read more »The California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board sitting en banc denied a petition to reconsider a decision it issued in June holding that so-called “vocational apportionment”
… Read more »A California appellate court upheld the dismissal of a family’s civil claim against an employer over a worker who died after he was struck by a
… Read more »Jul 29 – Aug 2, 2024
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