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Where a New York workers’ compensation claimant died of causes unrelated to his work injuries, having no surviving spouse, no child under the age of 18, and no otherwise qualifying dependents, his estate was not entitled to recover the full value...

An Iowa appellate court affirmed a decision by the workers' compensation commissioner allowing the commutation of a claimant's future permanent total disability benefits for a lump sum slightly in excess of one million dollars. Construing Iowa...

Observing that the Illinois Legislature had indicated a strong preference for period payments, rather than lump sum awards, a state appellate court recently held it was error for a state trial court to order immediate payment, in a lump sum, of all PPD...

A Florida appellate court affirmed an order by a Judge of Compensation Claims that denied a workers’ compensation claimant’s request for a $2,000 advance pursuant to § 440.20(12)(c), Fla. Stat., because she failed to establish a financial...

A surviving widow negotiated with the employer to obtain a lump sum settlement but the Commission refused to approve the settlement and asserted that the agreement was not in accordance with her rights because it was less than the present value of the...

Under the one-subject rule, set forth in the Ohio Constitution [art. II, § 15(D)], no bill may contain more than one “subject” and that subject must be clearly expressed in the bill’s title. An Ohio appellate court held that the...

A federal district court recently held that plaintiff's execution of a Compromise and Release of his workers' compensation claim bars his right to raise claims under the ADA and the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act. Accordingly, the federal court...

Larson's Spotlight on Illegal Aliens, Rehabilitation Services, Lump Sum, and Heart Attack. Larson's surveys the latest case developments that you need to know about. Thomas A. Robinson, the staff writer for Larson's Workers' Compensation...

Larson's Spotlight on Illegal Aliens, Rehabilitation Services, Lump Sum, and Heart Attack. Larson's surveys the latest case developments that you need to know about. Thomas A. Robinson, the staff writer for Larson's Workers' Compensation...

COLUMBUS, OH - As reported in the Columbus Dispatch , the Ohio Joint Committee on Agency Rule Review met yesterday to review a wide variety of recent rule proposals, including a rule from the Bureau of Workers' Compensation regarding lump sum payments...