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The Maryland Appellate Court ruled that a worker waited too long to apply for a modification of his temporary total disability award and that his employer’s erroneous notice of benefits termination did not give him more time.
Cameron Roksiewicz worked for Champs Sports. He filed an uncontested workers’ compensation claim in September 2015.
The Workers’ Compensation Commission issued a statistical award ordering Champs to pay temporary total disability benefits to Roksiewicz.
Champs paid benefits to Roksiewicz from… Read more »
The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a determination that a worker was not entitled to additional permanent partial disability benefits for his occupational pneumoconiosis.
Case: Higginbotham v. Frasure Creek Mining LLC, No. 24-415, 03/19/2025, published.
Facts and procedural history: Richard Higginbotham received a 5% permanent… Read more »
A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was entitled to partial summary judgment on his Labor Law claims from being struck by falling plexiglass panels.
Case: Lucas v. City of New York, No. 156695/15, 03/18/2025, published.
Facts: Jeff Lucas worked as a journeyman electrician. He was installing thermostats for a renovation project at Columbia… Read more »News: WEST
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The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld an award of death benefits to the widow of a cancer-stricken firefighter.
Case: City of Philadelphia v. Thompson (WCAB), No. 923 C.D. 2021, 03/19/2025, unpublished.
Facts: Larry Thompson worked for the City of Philadelphia as a firefighter before contracting non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. He died in May 2013 at the age of 61.
Procedural history:… Read more »
The West Virginia House of Delegates passed a bill that would allow nurse practitioners to diagnose post-traumatic stress disorder.
Although non-physical injuries are generally not compensable in West Virginia, legislation enacted in 2021 carved out an exception for law enforcement, firefighters, paramedics and dispatchers if their employer has elected to provide coverage for PTSD. Under the 2021 bill,… Read more »The Oregon Workers’ Compensation Division updated the cost-to-charge ratios used to calculate reimbursement owed to hospitals for treating injured workers on or after April 1.
Hospital reimbursements are calculated by multiplying the total bill by the ratio assigned to the facility that provided the services.
The ratio is 1 for rural in-state… Read more »
Attorneys representing injured workers in New Mexico are in for a raise in June after the governor signed a bill to increase fees by more than 33%.
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Friday signed House Bill 66, by Rep. Pamelya Herndon, D-Bernalillo, which would increase the cap on attorney fees to $30,000 from $22,500 when it takes effect June 20.
The… Read more »
The Montana Legislature passed a bill that would allow terminating temporary total disability benefits under certain conditions when an injured worker is released to full duty.
At the same time, the Senate passed a bill that would revise evidentiary standards for doctor testimony and require carriers to pay for incidentals when requesting that an injured worker attend… Read more »
The Texas Division of Workers' Compensation slightly reduced the discount interest rate that will be used to calculate the present-day value of lump-sum settlements during the second fiscal quarter.
The discount interest rate will be 7.61% from April 1 and June 30, down from 7.74% in the first three months of the year.
Every three months, the division determines interest and discount rates based on the U.S. Treasury constant maturity rate for… Read more »
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