An Ohio appellate court upheld an award of permanent partial disability benefits for a cancer-stricken firefighter.
Case: State ex rel. City of Cincinnati v. Industrial Commission, No. 23AP-332, 10/17/2024, published.
Facts: Michael…
A New York appellate court upheld the denial of a worker’s claim for the exacerbation of her preexisting psychological condition by alleged workplace stress.
Case: Matter of Gorbea v. Verizon New…
A New York appellate court ruled that a carrier was liable for a worker’s claim even though her date of disablement fell after the coverage ended.
Though Travelers Indemnity Co. of America’s…
A Texas appellate court upheld the denial of a self-represented worker’s claim due to his failure to ensure there was a record of the administrative proceedings that resulted in the…
The Workers Compensation Research Institute reported that medical payments per claim in Indiana were higher than typical among the 17 states included in a recent study.
WCRI said its analysis of…
The New Mexico Workers’ Compensation Administration announced that Doug Christopherson was appointed as the agency’s newest judge.
Doug Christopherson
Christopherson will fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Leonard Padilla in…