The Iowa Court of Appeals upheld an award of permanent total disability benefits to a worker following a head injury.
Case: MedPlast v. Pruis, No. 21-1650, 12/07/2022, published.
Facts: Timothy Pruis worked…
A Louisiana appellate court ruled that a former employee can claim and receive supplemental earnings benefits after retirement, even if he admitted that his retirement was an independent decision and…
The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that an employer cannot offset an overpayment of workers’ compensation benefits paid for one work-related injury through a credit against an award of benefits…
The Oregon Workers’ Compensation Division announced that the claims processing administrative cost factor for 2023 is 17.82%.
The factor that will be used in 2023 is up slightly from the 17.54%…
The number of Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspectors has fallen “steadily” from a high of 860 in 2014 to 750 in 2021, an issue that has made it difficult…