Sharon Thaler was reelected as chair of the California Workers’ Compensation Institute board of directors for 2023.
Sharon Thaler
Thaler, who is national director of workers’ compensation field underwriting operations at…
The Hawaii Supreme Court reinstated an injured nurse’s appeal of a decision compelling her to attend additional independent medical examinations after she allegedly suffered injuries at her first exam.
Lola Suzuki…
Texas lawmakers proposed a bill that would discontinue group self-insurance and dissolve the Texas Self-Insurance Group Guaranty Fund and Trust Fund.
Identical companion measures HB 4859 and SB 2269 would prohibit…
A Louisiana appellate court upheld a determination that a worker was no longer entitled to temporary total disability benefits and that her right to supplemental earnings benefits had terminated.
Case: Joseph…
The Iowa Court of Appeals ruled that an employer was not entitled to apportion a worker’s permanent impairment to a preexisting degenerative condition.
Case: Newton Community School District v. Hubbard-McKinney, No.
The Arkansas Court of Appeals ruled that a worker could not transfer his structured settlement payments from an annuity to resolve his Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act claim.
Case: Metropolitan Tower Life…