State Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara announced reappointments to organizations that influence policy and regulation of the workers’ compensation industry in the Golden State.
Lara reappointed Andrew Chick and Heather Pierce to the California…
A divided West Virginia Supreme Court overturned an award of benefits to a janitor for her alleged injuries from exposure to a cleaning chemical.
Case: Patton Building Services Inc. v. Kaida,…
The Arkansas Court of Appeals upheld a finding that a temporary worker injured on his one-day assignment could not maintain a civil suit against the employer.
Case: Ward v. Commerce Construction Co. Inc.,…
The Delaware Superior Court upheld a determination that an injured worker was not entitled to continuing total disability benefits after bilateral knee surgeries.
Case: Johnson v. Canalfront Builders LLC, No. S23A-08-001…
A divided Ohio Supreme Court ruled that the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation was entitled to recoup an overpayment of benefits to a worker between the time she reached maximum medical…