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3 Key Cases on Workers’ Compensation Settlements
3 Key Cases on Workers’ Compensation Settlements

Key Cases The best workers' compensation claims and the most desired litigated cases share something in common: The people footing the bill tend to like them best when they're over and done with. Thus, settlement […]
7 Key Cases on Ripeness in Fla. Workers’ Comp
7 Key Cases on Ripeness in Fla. Workers’ Comp

Key Cases Under Florida Statutes Section 440.192, an employee may, for any benefit that is "ripe, due, and owing," file with the Office of the Judges of Compensation Claims a petition for benefits which meets […]
9 Key Cases on Florida’s Heart-Lung Statute
9 Key Cases on Florida’s Heart-Lung Statute

Key Cases For those lucky enough to be in attendance at oral arguments before Florida's 1st District Court of Appeals as part of WCI, the Barrett v. Manatee County Sheriff's Office case touched on the […]
Did Seeing 4 Physicians Comply with Illinois’ 2-Physician Rule?
Did Seeing 4 Physicians Comply with Illinois’ 2-Physician Rule?

What Do You Think? Does two plus two ever equal two? In Illinois, it may. Illinois employers and workers compensation carriers need to know about the “the two physicians” rule. A recent case involving a […]
Costco Worker’s Injury Notches TTD Benefits Thanks to Credible Medical Evidence
Costco Worker’s Injury Notches TTD Benefits Thanks to Credible Medical Evidence

Case File Because substantial credible evidence supported the compensation judge's finding that the work injury exacerbated the worker's knee symptoms, the Appellate Division affirmed an award of medical and temporary disability benefits. Case Munoz v. […]
Dependency at Time of Injury, not Resulting Death, Determines Right to Survivor’s Benefits in Maine
Dependency at Time of Injury, not Resulting Death, Determines Right to Survivor’s Benefits in Maine

Case File The Supreme Judicial Court of Maine held that eligibility for workers' compensation death benefits hinges on dependency at the time of the injury, not at the time of death. Because the statute does […]
Statutory Employment Status Sinks La. Plant Workers’ Tort Claim for Smashed-Hand Injury
Statutory Employment Status Sinks La. Plant Workers’ Tort Claim for Smashed-Hand Injury

Case File A worker's hand was crushed by a 2,500-pound check valve during a plant turnaround project. Could he avoid Louisiana workers' compensation exclusivity by alleging an intentional tort and suing the plant owner? Case […]
Oregon Worker’s Claim Against State Runs into Workers’ Comp Immunity Barrier
Oregon Worker’s Claim Against State Runs into Workers’ Comp Immunity Barrier

Case File An Oregon worker injured in a collision with an ODOT snowplow could not pursue a negligence claim against the state despite arguing that the statutory bar violated the Oregon Constitution's Remedy Clause. The […]