DOL Posts 2022 Special Fund Assessment Instructions
The U.S. Department of Labor announced a total assessment of $88 million for the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act special fund for calendar year 2022.
The special fund, also known…
Summary Judgment on Guardsmen’s Entitlement to Benefits Overturned
A Louisiana appellate court overturned a grant of summary judgment to two National Guardsmen awarding them a lump-sum payment of benefits for injuries they sustained in service in Afghanistan.
Case: May…
Some Defendants in Labor Law Action Get Partial Summary Judgment
A New York appellate court ruled that some of the defendants in a Labor Law action should have been granted summary judgment dismissing claims against them and on their cross-claims.
Case:…
Court Dismisses Labor Law Claim by Worker Who Fell From Bucket
A New York appellate court ruled that the defendants in a Labor Law action were entitled to summary judgment dismissing the worker’s claims based on his alleged fall from a…
Worker’s Unrelated Death Doesn’t Allow Employer, Carrier to Avoid Settlement Agreement
The South Carolina Court of Appeals ruled that an employer and an insurance carrier could not back out of a settlement agreement just because the worker died before the agreement…
IMR Decisions on Pace for 4th Consecutive Decrease
If the volume of independent medical review decision letters issued through the first half of 2022 holds for the rest of the year, determinations on disputed medical treatments in California’s…