The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld the modification of an injured worker’s benefits from wage loss to a specific loss based on the partial amputation of a toe.
Case: Perkins v.
The Tennessee Court of Appeals ruled that an automobile insurance provider was not entitled to summary judgment to offset its liability to an insured.
Case: Jones v. Craddock, No. M2023-01034-COA-R3-CV, 07/17/2024, published.
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A labor-management advisory panel charged with meeting every other month to review California’s workers’ compensation system postponed a meeting scheduled for today.
The Commission on Health and Safety and Workers’ Compensation…
The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed an employer’s challenge to a decision of the Benefits Review Board remanding a worker’s motion to modify his partial disability award under…
A Texas appellate court rejected a worker’s constitutional challenge to the 90-day deadline for contesting a previously assessed maximum medical improvement date.
Case: Engel v. Texas Department of Insurance, No, 03-23-00077-CV, 07/17/2024,…
A California appellate court overturned a jury verdict in favor of a railway, finding that the trial judge prejudicially erred in excluding the testimony of an injured worker’s expert witness.
Terrence Richard…