Employer Liability Issues, Workers’ Compensation, Statutory Interpretation

A Costly Mistake

Marshall Dennehey on 6/30/2025

Key Points: A workers’ compensation judge is not required to correct a mistakenly-issued Notice of Compensation Payable, but they may correct a mistakenly-issued Notice of Compensation Payable....more

PEOs, Pizza Sauce, and Penalties: New York Workers’ Compensation Appellate Roundup – May 2025

Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires &... on 6/2/2025

Four workers’ compensation decisions came down from the Appellate Division Thursday, May 29. It was a mixed bag: two good for defense, two not so much....more

Connecticut Legislature Overrules State Supreme Court on Workers’ Compensation

Littler on 5/27/2025

Heeding outcry by employers, the Connecticut legislature has nullified the state Supreme Court’s interpretation of temporary partial disability provisions of the Workers’ Compensation Act....more

Why Some Workplace Falls Are Not Compensable: The Idiopathic Fall Doctrine Explained

Foster Swift Collins & Smith on 4/30/2025

Under Michigan workers’ compensation law, compensation benefits are payable to an employee who sustains a personal injury that “arises out of” and “in the course of employment.” ...more

NJ Court Rules Medicare Set-Aside Funds Excluded from Workers’ Comp Attorney Fee Calculations

Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires &... on 4/8/2025

A recent ruling concerning a workers’ compensation case in New Jersey reaffirmed that Medicare Set-Aside (MSA) funds should not be included in the calculation of attorney fees. The case involved a reopener application for a...more

7th Circuit Update: What Martin v. Goodrich Means for IL’s Workers’ Compensation Landscape

Husch Blackwell LLP on 3/5/2025

We previously reported that the Illinois Supreme Court issued its long-awaited decision in Martin v. Goodrich Corp., upholding the constitutionality of a 2019 amendment to the Illinois Workers’ Occupational Diseases Act (the...more