The Appellate Court of Maryland affirmed a circuit ruling holding that Chesapeake Employers’ Insurance Co. failed to prove it was entitled to punitive damages from an employer that underreported payroll.
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The Oregon Court of Appeals said there was no evidence to support a finding that a carrier’s interpretation of a doctor’s ambiguous statement about an injured worker’s condition was unreasonable.
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Injured workers receiving permanent total disability benefits, and dependents receiving survivor’s benefits, should receive a 2.3% increase in their monthly benefit rate this month, the Nevada Workers’ Compensation Section announced.
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The California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board held in a significant panel decision that deductions from an applicant’s permanent and total disability benefits were limited under the terms of the award…
The Iowa Court of Appeals held that the commissioner did not apply prohibited expertise by modifying an expert’s impairment rating to conform with case law and rating guidelines.
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