DWC Announces TTD Rates for 2025
The California Division of Workers’ Compensation announced that the minimum and maximum temporary total disability rates are increasing Jan. 1.
The minimum TTD rate will increase to $252.03 per week from…
L&I: Felony Charges Filed After Claimant Seen Lifting Weights at Gym
A worker collecting benefits for a back injury is facing fraud charges after he was reportedly observed lifting weights at a gym that exceeded the five-pound restriction his physician imposed,…
AWW Calculation Includes Lump-Sum Vacation Pay
The Kentucky Court of Appeals upheld the calculation of a worker’s average weekly wage that includes a lump sum of vacation pay with her wages, and it denied review of the…
Worker Can’t Get Writ to Avoid Arbitration of Claim Against Nonsubscribing Employer
A Texas appellate court denied an injured worker’s petition for mandamus relief of a trial judge’s order compelling him to arbitrate a negligence claim against his nonsubscribing employer.
Adrian Murillo worked…
Worker Fails to Link Amputation of Leg to Prior Work Accident
A New York appellate court ruled that a worker failed to prove the amputation of his leg was related to his injuries from a fall in 2006.
Case: Matter of DiPippo…