Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Tuesday appointed Raychel Wesley as an employee commissioner on the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission, pursuant to Sec. 13 of the state Workers’ Compensation Act.
For more than 25 years, she provided…
The Iowa Supreme Court ruled that a worker should not have been denied compensation for his functional impairment from a back injury just because his employer had previously paid him…
The Iowa Supreme Court ruled that an employee who undergoes an independent medical examination is entitled to the reasonable cost of the examination accompanying the physician’s determination of his impairment…
A New York appellate court ruled that a dispute between two insurance carriers over liability for medical treatment needed to be sent to the Workers’ Compensation Board for resolution.
Case: State…
A divided West Virginia Supreme Court ruled that a worker should have been allowed to reopen his claim for foot and shoulder injuries.
Case: Toler v. Carly Leasing Inc., No. 22-0391,…