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An Overview of New Jersey Workers' Compensation
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An Overview of New York Workers' Compensation
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The WC Appellate Roundup for 3/28/25 is as follows: Augone v. Shop & Stop: Claimant, a grocery store clerk, was found not to have violated Sec. 114-a for a willful misrepresentation when he said to his doctors that he,...more
In a July 28, 2023 decision, the Michigan Supreme Court revisited the criteria for compensability under the Michigan Workers’ Compensation Disability Act (WCDA) in cases involving mental disabilities arising from workplace...more
In an interesting decision, the Appellate Court (Garzon v Morris County Golf Club, App Div. decided December 23, 2022) overturned the awarding of counsel fees for permanency and fees on a Motion for Medical Temporary Total...more
Register Today For Cranfill Sumner’s 2021 Virtual Continuing Education Seminar: Workers’ Compensation & Civil Litigation Law Updates...more
A recent Illinois Appellate Court decision addressed the question of whether School Resource Officers (“SROs”) employed by school districts are entitled to district-paid disability and health insurance benefits for “law...more
Even when a claims administrator approves a claim for disability benefits, its job is not done. That principle was again demonstrated in the recent case Owings v. United of Omaha Life Insurance Co., No. 16-3128 (10th Cir....more
Prior to June 20, 2017, a powerful tool was available to employers and workers’ compensation carriers to cap exposure on long term workers’ compensation claims. That tool, provided by the Act 44 amendments in 1996, was...more