Part Four of the South Dakota Retraining Benefit Test By Mike McKnight on July 4, 2017

• 07/04/17
• National Workers Compensation Defense Network (NWCDN)

Part four of the five-part test states that an employee must file a claim with his employer requesting the benefits in order to be entitled to the same. The South Dakota ...
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New Minnesota Supreme Court Decision: ARISING OUT OF AND IN THE COURSE OF – Josephine M. Hohlt v. University of Minnesota

• 07/03/17
• National Workers Compensation Defense Network (NWCDN)

Josephine Holt (“Employee”) slipped and fell on an icy sidewalk, breaking her hip. She was a painter employed by the University of Minnesota (“Employer”) and after ...
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New Minnesota Supreme Court Decision: STANDARD OF REVIEW – Kristel Kubis v. Community Memorial Hospital Association

• 07/03/17
• National Workers Compensation Defense Network (NWCDN)

In this case, Kubis (“Employee”) sustained an injury at work while rushing up a staircase at Community Memorial Hospital (“Employer”). The matter proceeded to a Hearing. ...
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New Minnesota Supreme Court Decision: IMMIGRATION – Anibal Sanchez vs. Dahlke Trailer Sales, Inc.

• 07/03/17
• National Workers Compensation Defense Network (NWCDN)

This is an employment law case which involves the workers’ compensation anti-retaliation statue, Minn. Stat. 176.82. The underlying facts of this case concern an ...
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Kudos to North Carolina

• 06/30/17
• Mark Pew

North Carolina's House Bill 243 / Senate Bill 175 was signed into law by Gov. Roy Cooper (yesterday) afternoon. That is a very good thing. Because ...
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New Paid Leave Laws Introduced

• 06/30/17
• Sharon Andrus

Paid family leave and paid parental leave are currently key topics for employers as they look to expand benefits for their employees. Recently, San Francisco introduced ...
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All in a day's work

• 06/30/17
• National Workers Compensation Defense Network (NWCDN)

One of our favorite adjusters, who works at a large workers’ compensation carrier, related this conversation she had this month with a claimant: ...
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We're growing!

• 06/30/17
• National Workers Compensation Defense Network (NWCDN)

Thanks to our wonderful clients who continue to refer more and more of their interesting cases to us, we are growing. This month we welcome attorney Amanda Schwertner to ...
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Court confirms that statutory right of subrogation encompasses right of reimbursement

• 06/30/17
• National Workers Compensation Defense Network (NWCDN)

When a workers’ compensation carrier issues a policy that waives its right to subrogation the carrier also waives its right to reimbursement from any recovery by a ...
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