The Oklahoma Supreme Court last week declined an invitation to review an appellate court decision holding that the Workers’ Compensation Court of Existing Claims can
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A Florida appellate court overturned a fee award to a catastrophically injured worker’s attorney, finding counsel had been substantially short-changed by the reduction below the
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The Virginia Court of Appeals upheld an award of benefits to an airline employee for her injuries from a fall as she was using a
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A federal appellate court scolded an injured worker challenging the denial of her claim for benefits for filing a frivolous appeal and expressly warned her
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The Texas Supreme Court ruled that a property owner did not owe a duty of care to an employee who was struck and killed by
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The North Carolina Court of Appeals upheld an award of additional temporary total disability benefits to an injured worker, as well as an order for
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The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld an arbitrator’s award of benefits to a corrections officer for his injuries from crashing his patrol vehicle when he
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The Pennsylvania Supreme Court will address whether specific loss benefits should be limited posthumously to workers who die because of a cause unrelated to the work
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The Maryland Appellate Court ruled that a pediatrician waited too long to file her occupational disease claim.
Dr. Stacy Scott-McKinny is a board-certified pediatrician who
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An Ohio appellate court ruled that a worker was not entitled to relief from Industrial Commission decisions denying his claim for benefits and declining to
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