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Del Val Home Improvements v. Gaw; No. 1117 C.D. 2022; filed March 19, 2025; Judge Wojcik - In a case hinging on the interpretation of impairment rating evaluations (IREs) under the Act, the Commonwealth Court has ordered a...more
Bob Evans Restaurants LLC v. Robert Schriver (WCAB); No. 158 C.D. 2024; filed March 11, 2025; Senior Judge Leavitt - The Commonwealth Court reversed a decision by the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board, reinstating a judge’s...more
Unfortunately, not everything is always peachy in the Peach State. Historically, the Rycroft defense has allowed employers to deny workers’ compensation benefits when a worker makes false representations about their physical...more
Bowman v. Allen Harim Foods, IAB No. 1541176 (Dec. 18, 2024) - On November 4, 2023, the claimant injured his left knee in a compensable work accident that required surgery to his patella. He had to switch doctors after his...more
Last week, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania House Labor and Industry Committee passed HB 183. This Bill is designed to expand significantly what has been long-established access to workers compensation disfigurement benefits...more
Elmer Riehl v. Beiler Brothers, LLC (WCAB); No. 1563 C.D. 2023; Filed November 18, 2024; Judge Fizzano Cannon - On October 11, 2011, the claimant sustained a work injury in the nature of incomplete tetraplegia (paralysis of...more
According to the California Department of Industrial Relations, California had 680,152 workers' compensation claims in 2023, based upon first reports of injuries. This translates to 3.6 worker injuries per every 100 employees...more
In Ohio, all employers with one or more employees must, by law, maintain workers’ compensation insurance coverage for its employees. The Ohio’s workers’ compensation system is both nebulous and unique, which can make...more
Howard Dunetz v. Charles H. Sacks, D.M.D., P.C. (WCAB); No. 302 C.D. 2022; filed Oct. 26, 2023; Judge Cohn Jubelirer - The claimant sustained a work injury in May 2007. Subsequently, the status of his benefits was changed...more
The Superior Court addressed a rather convoluted fact pattern in determining whether an injured worker is entitled to a resumption of their temporary total disability benefits even though they have left the time of injury...more
As you may know, under the New Jersey Workers’ Compensation Statute (Section 15) and case law, the respondent/employer is responsible for providing medical treatment to cure and relieve the effects of a workers’ compensation...more