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DWC Posts 2025 Health Care Provider Assessment Plan
The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation will evaluate health care providers on two measures as part of its 2025 performance-based oversight assessment process. The DWC said it will assess providers on…
Worker Should Have Been Granted Partial Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim
A New York appellate court ruled that a worker should have been granted partial summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for a trip-and-fall injury on a construction site. Case: Guzman-Saquisili v.
Defendants Get Partial Reversal of Summary Judgment on Worker’s Labor Law Claims
A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was not entitled to summary judgment on one aspect of his Labor Law claim. Case: Urquia v. Deegan 135 Realty LLC, No. 22340/19,…
Court Upholds Award for Worker’s Elbow Injury from Fall
West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld an award for a worker’s elbow injury from an on-the-job fall. Case: West Virginia United Health System Inc. v. DeWitt, No. 24-ICA-74, 10/28/2024, published. Facts:…
Court Denies Employer’s Successive Application for Hearing as Lacking Probable Cause
The Virginia Court of Appeals upheld a decision by the Workers’ Compensation Commission denying an employer’s successive application for a hearing as being unsupported by probable cause. In December 2022, Jessica…
CLARA Analytics Names Eugene Wong CFO
CLARA Analytics announced that it hired Eugene Wong as chief financial officer. Eugene Wong Wong brings more than 15 years of finance and operating experience to his new role with the…
Court Overturns Summary Judgment on Defendant’s Indemnification Claim
A New York appellate court partially overturned a grant of summary judgment dismissing a defendant’s indemnification claim against an injured worker’s employer. Case: Cooper v. BLDG 7th Street LLC, Nos. 153479/18,…
Court Upholds Denial of Worker’s Request to Reopen Claim, Receive Additional Treatment
West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals ruled that a worker was not entitled to reopen his claim or to receive additional benefits even though he received treatments and expanded the…
L&I Announces Ergonomic Rule Development
The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries announced that it opened rulemaking for ergonomic regulations that would apply to airline ground crews. State lawmakers in 2023 enacted Senate Bill 5217,…
Injured Workers Can’t Back Out of Settlement Agreement on Carrier’s Lien
The Missouri Court of Appeals ruled that two injured workers could not back out of a settlement agreement they entered with their employer’s insurance carrier to satisfy the carrier’s subrogation…
Expansion of Worker’s Claim to Include Depression Didn’t Increase His Loss of Earning Capacity
A New York appellate court upheld a determination that an injured worker was not entitled to an increase in his loss of wage-earning capacity after his claim was expanded to…
Court Awards Worker Benefits for Back Injury, Authorizes MRI
West Virginia’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a finding that a worker was entitled to benefits for a back injury, and that he was entitled to a magnetic resonance imaging…