The Nevada Division of Industrial Relations adopted an updated actuarial annuity table increasing the interest rate used to calculate permanent partial disability lump-sum settlements.
The interest rate increased to 2.41%, effective…
The South Carolina Workers’ Compensation Commission issued an advisory notice outlining the procedures it uses to assess requests to disclose contents from claims files.
The WCC collects and stores personally identifiable…
The Tennessee Bureau of Workers’ Compensation announced that registration is open for its 25th annual Educational Conference in August.
The three-day conference will feature a case law update, a soup-to-nuts review…
A Louisiana appellate court upheld the denial of temporary total disability benefits to an injured worker but found she was entitled to supplemental earning benefits because a vocational rehabilitation counselor had…
The Oregon Court of Appeals upheld a determination that an employer unreasonably closed a worker’s claim when she did not have an attending physician.
Case: In the Matter of Cramer, Nos.
A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was not entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for injuries from a fall while using stilts on a…