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Workers compensation
Larson s Spotlight
over 10 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
Alabama: Former Employer’s Contention That It Fired Employee for Wielding a Gun Rather Than for Filing Comp Claim Found Lacking
The Supreme Court of Alabama recently reversed a decision by the state’s Court of Civil Appeals that had, in turn, reversed a judgment entered on a jury verdict in favor of a former employee who filed a retaliatory discharge action against his former...
Larson s Spotlight
over 10 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
Alabama: Non-occupational “Factors” No Bar to Compensability of Successive Injury Claim
Quoting Larson’s Workers’ Compensation Law , § 10.01 and stressing that with regard to successive injuries, (a) the location of the claimant’s second injury need not be the same as the first and (b) the fact that non-occupational...
Larson s Spotlight
over 10 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
Alabama: Benefits Limited to Scheduled Award Where No Other Body Part Involved
An Alabama appellate court recently reversed a state court’s judgment awarding compensation to an employee based on its determination that his work-related injury affected the employee’s body as a whole, rather than being limited to his knee...
LexisNexis Workers Comp Law Community Staff
over 10 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
National and State-by-State Workers' Comp News Powered by Larson's (9/30/2013)
Sign up here for our free workers' compensation enewsletters (National or California Edition) to receive weekly news items. Be sure to select the enewsletter of your choice. NATIONAL AND STATE NEWS: US DOL Posts Final Rule re Byrd Amendments to...
Larson s Spotlight
over 10 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
Alabama: Trial Court’s Judgment Based—in Part—On Employer’s Contempt in Violating Mediation Order Was Erroneous
Where a trial court expressly stated that it was sanctioning the employer by taking the employer’s contempt—the violation of a mediation order—into account when making the court’s various findings of fact and conclusions of law...
LexisNexis Workers Comp Law Community Staff
over 10 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
National and State-by-State Workers' Comp News Powered by Larson's (4/7/2014)
Sign up here for our free workers' compensation enewsletters (National or California Edition) to receive weekly news items. Be sure to select the enewsletter of your choice. WCRI Posts 2014 Annual Report and Research Review . Many Companies Offering...
Larson s Spotlight
over 10 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
Alabama: Compensation for Loss of Scheduled Member Exclusive Unless Effects of Injury Interfere With Body’s Efficiency
Citing an earlier decision by the Supreme Court of Alabama wherein the state high court adopted “the Larson rule” regarding schedule allowances—that if the effects of the loss of the member extend to other parts of the body and interfere...
LexisNexis Workers Comp Law Community Staff
over 10 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
National and State-by-State Workers' Comp News Powered by Larson's (4/28/2014)
Sign up here for our free workers' compensation enewsletters (National or California Edition) to receive weekly news items. Be sure to select the enewsletter of your choice. Drug Monitoring, Interventions Decrease Opioid Use by Injured Workers ...
LexisNexis Workers Comp Law Community Staff
over 9 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
National and State-by-State Workers' Comp News Powered by Larson's (7/21/2014)
Sign up here for our free workers' compensation enewsletters (National or California Edition) to receive weekly news items. Be sure to select the enewsletter of your choice. CDC Publishes National Action Plan for Infertility, Workplace Exposures...
Larson s Spotlight
over 9 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
Alabama: Employer Need Not Provide Walk-In Bathtub
An Alabama appellate court held that under the particular facts of the case, a walk-in bathtub was not “other apparatus” reasonably necessary for treating an employee’s injury (see Ala. Code § 25-5-77(a)) in spite of one physician’s...
LexisNexis Workers Comp Law Community Staff
over 9 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
National and State-by-State Workers' Comp News Powered by Larson's (9/2/2014)
Sign up here for our free workers' compensation enewsletters (National or California Edition) to receive weekly news items. Be sure to select the enewsletter of your choice. NASI: Job, Earnings Growth Bumps Up Workers Comp Benefits and Costs . ...
LexisNexis Workers Comp Law Community Staff
over 9 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
National and State-by-State Workers' Comp News Powered by Larson's (9/15/2014)
Sign up here for our free workers' compensation enewsletters (National or California Edition) to receive weekly news items. Be sure to select the enewsletter of your choice. Improving WC Market Drives NCCI Recommendations for Rate Cuts in 15 States...
LexisNexis Workers Comp Law Community Staff
over 9 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
National and State-by-State Workers' Comp News Powered by Larson's (9/22/2014)
Sign up here for our free workers' compensation enewsletters (National or California Edition) to receive weekly news items. Be sure to select the enewsletter of your choice. NCCI Examines Medicare Set-Asides and Workers Compensation . NCCI to...
LexisNexis Workers Comp Law Community Staff
over 9 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
National and State-by-State Workers' Comp News Powered by Larson's (10/13/2014)
Sign up here for our free workers' compensation enewsletters (National or California Edition) to receive weekly news items. Be sure to select the enewsletter of your choice. National WC Premium Rate Rankings Announced; Calif. Most Expensive State...
LexisNexis Workers Comp Law Community Staff
over 9 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
National and State-by-State Workers' Comp News Powered by Larson's (1/5/2015)
NIOSH Examines Link Between Firefighting and Cancer . Expert Provides Guidance on FLSA From Worker Perspective . AL: Labor Dept. Explains New OSHA Reporting Requirements Eff. Jan. 1 . AL: Injuries Sustained While Seeking Medical Treatment for Earlier...
LexisNexis Workers Comp Law Community Staff
over 9 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
National and State-by-State Workers' Comp News Powered by Larson's (2/2/2015)
H.R. 312 Would Provide Death Benefits for Families of Overseas Federal Contractors . Tips on Dealing With Workers Comp Issues in Transportation Industry . WSJ Investigates Whether On-Demand Workers Are Employees . “Uberization” of Jobs...
Larson s Spotlight
over 9 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
Alabama: Injuries Sustained During Recreational Horseback Ride Were Not Compensable
Injuries sustained by a Girl Scout camp business manager, when she was thrown from a horse during a recreational ride with other camp employees did not arise out of and in the course of the employment, held an Alabama appellate court. Quoting Larson’s...
Larson s Spotlight
over 8 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
Alabama: Settlement Agreement Signed by Parties, But Not Approved by Trial Court, Dies Along With Claimant
Under the provisions of by Ala. Code § 25-5-56, the trial court must approve any agreement compromising an injured worker’s benefits in order to be enforceable. Under that rule, an Alabama appellate court affirmed a finding that a settlement...
LexisNexis Workers Comp Law Community Staff
over 8 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
National and State-by-State Workers' Comp News Powered by Larson's (7/6/2015)
NCCI Posts Latest Economic Outlook and Impact on Workers Comp . Fitch Ratings Announces Top Workers Comp Insurance Writers for 2014 . OSHA Issues Inspection Guidance for Health Care Industry . Columnist: New Worker Category Should Be Created to...
Larson s Spotlight
over 8 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
Alabama: Court Approves Award for Erectile Dysfunction Medication in Spite of Rule Limiting Such Awards
An Alabama appellate court affirmed an award for a prescription medication in the form of a “time release” medication for erectile dysfunction that an employee contended was associated with his use of prescription narcotics to manage pain...
Larson s Spotlight
over 8 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
Pennsylvania: Truck Driver’s State of Residence is Insufficient to Establish Jurisdiction Following Extraterritorial Injury
A Pennsylvania appellate court held that a truck driver was not entitled to benefits in Pennsylvania for an extraterritorial injury because his employment was not principally localized in Pennsylvania where the driver and the employer entered into an...
LexisNexis Workers Comp Law Community Staff
over 8 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
National and State-by-State Workers' Comp News Powered by Larson's (10/5/2015)
NCCI Posts Sept. 2015 Quarterly Economics Briefing Newsletter . ProPublica Wins Journalism Award for ‘Insult to Injury’ Workers’ Comp Series . EEOC Declares Workers Comp Guidelines Don’t Supersede ADA . AL: NCCI Explains...
Larson s Spotlight
over 8 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
Alabama: Receipt of Short-Term Disability Benefits Does Not Always Toll Statute of Limitations for Filing Occupational Disease Claim
Receipt of short-term disability benefits under an employer-sponsored plan does not toll the two-year statute of limitations for the filing of an occupational disease claim in Alabama where there was nothing in the paperwork associated with the benefits...
Larson s Spotlight
over 8 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
Alabama: Removal of Safety Equipment Does Not Expose Employer to Tort Liability
Allegations that an employer removed “explosion doors” from a furnace and that a furnace explosion subsequently injured a furnace operator were insufficient to state a cause of action against the employer; the claim was barred by the exclusive...
Larson s Spotlight
over 9 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
Alabama: Aggravation of School Custodian’s Myasthenia Gravis Linked to Chemical Exposure
The Supreme Court of Alabama, reversing the state’s Court of Appeals, reinstated a trial court’s decision awarding a school custodian PTD benefits stemming from her exposure to chemical fumes during the course of her employment. The employer...
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