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Workplace Injury Compensation & Benefits Disability Benefits

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Pennsylvania Supreme Court Holds That the Compensation Rate for Specific Loss Benefits is Controlled by Section 306(c) of the Act,...

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Jennifer Jackiw v. Soft Pretzel Franchise (WCAB); No. 3 EAP 2024; decided January 22, 2025 - This case involved a claimant who crushed her arm in a pretzel machine while working for the employer. Eventually, she needed to...more

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NC Supreme Court Issues Decision on Extended Compensation Benefits

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On December 13, 2024, the North Carolina Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision on extended compensation benefits that is favorable to employers and workers’ compensation insurance carriers.  To be entitled to extended...more

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Ohio Supreme Court Issues Ruling in Closely Watched Workers’ Compensation Case

The Ohio Supreme Court issued its opinion yesterday (November 26, 2024) in the AutoZone case (State ex rel. AutoZone Stores, Inc. v. Indus. Comm., Slip Opinion No. 2024-Ohio-5519). The decision is favorable to employers who...more

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The Worker's Compensation Process in California

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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

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New York Workers’ Compensation Ruling Roundup – November 2024 #2

Big New York WC Decision drop today. This week we learn the answers to these questions: Can you catch COVID from working with dead bodies? Is burnout from working at home compensable?...more

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Schedule of Disabilities Chart for New Jersey Workers’ Compensation

In this WG Alert, you will find the 2025 Schedule of disabilities chart for New Jersey workers’ compensation claims. The Statutory maximum and minimum for 2025 have increased to $1,159 and $309 respectively. There were no...more

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Appellate Division Affirmed Workers’ Compensation Orders Denying Medical Treatment and Finding Lack of Causation.

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Driscoll v. Costco, No. A-2789-21 (Feb. 20, 2024) - The Appellate Division affirmed the workers’ compensation order denying the petitioner’s motion for medical and temporary benefits and two other orders denying her motions...more

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The Turning Tides of Temporary Total Disability Compensation

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This month, the Ohio Supreme Court altered the landscape of more than 25 years of workers’ compensation legal precedent in an employer-friendly decision concerning termination of Temporary Total Disability compensation....more

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Beyond the 500-Week Limit: Understanding Extended Compensation under the North Carolina Workers’ Compensation Act

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Can an injured worker receive benefits past the 500-week cap in North Carolina? If your first answer was no, then you have come to the right place!...more

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Now You See Me, Now You Don’t: All Things Related to the Compensability of Eye Injuries and Defense of Eye Injury Claims

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Under the North Carolina Workers’ Compensation Act, the total loss of a member or loss of vision is a compensable injury....more

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Just in Case You Didn't (c) It the First Time

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With respect to workplace injuries, The North Carolina Workers’ Compensation Act is a legislative fix to a common law problem. The Act is sometimes called “the grand compromise”  because it was crafted so as to balance the...more

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[Virtual Seminar] Workers’ Compensation & Civil Litigation Law Updates - September 29th, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm EDT

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Register Today For Cranfill Sumner’s 2021 Virtual Continuing Education Seminar: Workers’ Compensation & Civil Litigation Law Updates...more

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Timing is Everything: Tenth Circuit Overturns Insurer’s Disability Decision as Arbitrary and Capricious

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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

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