The New York Court of Appeals ruled that a workers’ compensation law judge does not have the discretion to deny an employer’s request to cross-examine an attending physician before a decision has been…
A divided Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled that the statutory cap of 350 weeks of permanent partial disability benefits did not bar a worker from receiving additional benefits under a new law.
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A Texas appellate court upheld a jury’s finding that a worker had been terminated in retaliation for filing a workers’ compensation claim, and it upheld the award of lost wages.
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Retired Lubbock firefighter Matt Dawson, who suffered a traumatic brain injury in 2020 and was the inspiration for a bill to expand eligibility for lifetime income benefits, died on Nov.
The Kansas Court of Appeals upheld the calculation of a worker’s average weekly wage based on what he would have earned if he had not been injured on his second day…