A Florida appellate court upheld a finding that a firefighter’s arrhythmia-based heart condition qualified as heart disease that presumptively was caused by her employment.
Chelsea Illeck joined
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The Louisiana Supreme Court upheld a determination that a casino employee was entitled to benefits for her injuries from a fall she sustained as she
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The Connecticut Appellate Court upheld default judgment against an employer for failing to pay its workers’ compensation insurance premiums.
Case: Wesco Insurance Co. v. Martins
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Rising Medical Solutions released its 13th annual Workers' Compensation Benchmarking Study Report on Thursday, revealing execution patterns that separate high-performing claims organizations.
Rachel Fikes
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The Workers' Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau has scheduled an in-depth web discussion on workers' compensation fraud, set for Oct. 21.
Former Orange County prosecutor Shaddi
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The Nevada Workers’ Compensation Section has scheduled fourth-quarter training sessions in October.
All times are Pacific. The sessions are:
- 11 a.m. Oct. 7 — WCS workers’
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The New Jersey Superior Court’s Appellate Division overturned a judge’s order allowing an injured worker to pursue damages from his employer for a work-related injury
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A New York appellate court upheld a finding that an injured worker was not entitled to permanent total disability benefits.
Case: Matter of Alexander v.
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A Nebraska appeals court on Tuesday upheld the denial of workers' compensation benefits for a Smithfield Foods Inc. employee who claimed she injured her left
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The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld an award of attorney fees to a worker, finding that an administrator’s failure to include a back strain as
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