Court Rejects Worker’s Challenge to Fee Award
The Oregon Court of Appeals rejected a worker’s challenge to the fee award he received after partially prevailing on the denial of his claim.
Case: In the Matter of McGuire, Nos.
Hospitalization, Intensive Care, Fatalities More Likely in COVID Medical Claims
While the majority of workers’ compensation claims for COVID-19 during the first year of the pandemic involved a mild infection and no hospitalization, the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of…
Report: Lawmaker Revives PTSD Bill
A Georgia senator revived a bill that would provide workers’ compensation coverage for first responders with post-traumatic stress disorder after a similar measure died in the lower chamber, according to…
Goldberg Segalla Adds Joseph A. Acosta to Princeton Group
Goldberg Segalla announced that Joseph A. Acosta will join the firm’s workers’ compensation group in Princeton, New Jersey.
Joseph A. Acosta
Acosta was previously with Capehart Scatchard in Mount Laurel.
Acosta concentrates…
BWC Hires Investment Director
The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation announced that Walt Stubbings joined the agency as director of investments.
Walt Stubbings
Stubbings assumed many of the duties and responsibilities of BWC co-chief investment officer…
Commission Applies Wrong Legal Standard to Deny Claim for Traumatic Brain Injury
The North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled that the Industrial Commission applied the wrong legal standard in denying a worker’s traumatic brain injury claim, but it upheld the commission’s imposition of discovery…