Workers' Compensation Claim, Statute of Limitations, Employer Liability Issues

Treatment With Authorized Provider Tolls Statute of Limitations, Although Treatment Occurred Without Employer/Carrier’s Knowledge...

Marshall Dennehey on 2/28/2025

Ortiz v. Winn-Dixie, Inc., No. 1D2021-0885, Fla. 1st DCA 2024, DCA#: 1D2021-0885, Decision date: Dec. 23, 2024 - The First District Court of Appeal issued another opinion in the ongoing statute of limitations saga triggered...more

The Chartwell Chronicles: New Jersey Workers’ Comp Alert

Chartwell Law on 8/14/2023

In Episode 18 of The Chartwell Chronicles, hosts Colin Davis and Brittany Atkinson discuss recent New Jersey workers' compensation happenings. Topics of discussion include physician fee increases, discontinuances, statutes of...more

When Court has the Ability to Correct a Mistake to Avoid Inequity Despite a Clear Violation of the Statue of Limitations

Weber Gallagher Simpson Stapleton Fires &... on 3/23/2022

Petitioner Gary Streeper appealed his November 8, 2019, Order which dismissed his Application for Review or Modification of a compensation award on the basis it was untimely filed. The order was vacated and remanded....more

What you need to know about the new workers’ compensation law changes in H.B 81

Bricker Graydon LLP on 9/16/2020

House Bill 81 goes into effect on September 15, 2020, and it includes major changes to Ohio’s workers’ compensation laws. Below are a few of the more significant changes employers need to know...more

Gay CHP Officer May Have Been Constructively Terminated

Proskauer - California Employment Law on 3/18/2020

Brome v. California Highway Patrol, 44 Cal. App. 5th 786 (2020) - Jay Brome sued the California Highway Patrol (“CHP”) after resigning as a law enforcement officer, claiming he had been subjected to harassment and...more

Key California Employment Law Cases: January 2020

Payne & Fears on 2/12/2020

Ridgeway v. Wal-Mart, Inc., 946 F.3d 1066 (9th Cir. 2020) - The employer must pay minimum wages to employees for time spent on mandated layovers where the employer’s policy imposes constraints on employees’ movements...more

Attempted End Run Around Wisconsin’s Exclusive Remedy of Worker’s Compensation Fails in Asbestos Litigation in the Seventh Circuit

Ruder Ware on 7/13/2017

Wisconsin’s exclusive remedy of worker’s compensation has long been a bulwark against civil suits brought by employees (subject to a few narrow exceptions not applicable here). This bulwark has survived a creative attack in...more

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