The California Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board published an en banc decision Monday clarifying the process for rebutting the combined values chart in the Permanent Disability
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The California Division of Workers’ Compensation on Friday introduced rules to speed up the delivery of medical care by implementing provisions from bills passed nearly
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The Alaska Court of Appeals upheld the restitution order against a convicted workers’ compensation fraudster.
Scott Abraham Groom was convicted of taking more than $10,000 in state
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A divided California appellate court ruled that a building owner and a manager should have been granted summary judgment under the Privette doctrine, dismissing an
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An Ohio appellate court ruled that a worker who was fired on the day of his injury was still entitled to temporary total disability benefits.
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A divided Texas appellate court upheld the summary dismissal of a widow’s intentional tort claims arising from her husband’s fatal motor vehicle accident in Oklahoma.
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The West Virginia Intermediate Court of Appeals ruled that a worker was entitled to benefits for his injuries from being struck by a car while
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The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled that an injured employee’s right to assert a direct claim for unpaid medical expenses is not precluded by a medical
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The Missouri Court of Appeals reinstated a jury’s verdicts in favor of an injured worker on his disability discrimination claim.
Scott Caldwell worked for the
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The Utah Court of Appeals upheld the denial of a former Walmart’s worker’s claim for permanent total disability benefits.
Darlene Rouse worked for Walmart. She
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