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LexisNexis Workers' Comp Law Newsroom Staff
over 4 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
What’s New in Florida Workers’ Compensation: 2018
By Robert J. Grace, Jr., Esq. & Lyle Platt, Esq. Since publication of our last edition of Dubreuil’s Florida Workers’ Compensation Handbook (LexisNexis), legislative activity was confined to a popularly supported bill regarding first...
Larson's Spotlight
over 9 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Mental Injuries
WV: Hijacked Driver Wins PTSD Claim Despite Restrictive Mental-Mental Statute
The Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia recently affirmed a decision by the state’s Board of Review that awarded benefits for a PTSD injury sustained by a UPS driver who was accosted and his truck hijacked by a man with a rifle. The gunman...
Larson's Spotlight
over 9 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Mental Injuries
PA: High Court Reverses Lower Court Decision That Denied State Trooper’s PTSD Claim
In Pennsylvania, to establish a so-called “mental-mental” injury claim, the employee must demonstrate that the injury resulted from "abnormal working conditions.” Announcing that the Commonwealth Court had “strayed beyond...
Larson's Spotlight
over 9 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Mental Injuries
OK: Check Cashing Clerk Establishes PTSD Claim After Two Robberies
Along with a number of other states, Oklahoma generally bars recovery of workers’ compensation benefits associated with mental injuries that are “unaccompanied” by physical injury [see Larson’s Workers’ Compensation Law ...
Larson's Spotlight
over 9 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Mental Injuries
West Virginia: Rush of Air, Dust, Debris From Explosion Satisfied “Physical” Component for PTSD Claim
West Virginia is within the group of states that does not allow recovery of workers’ compensation benefits for mental-mental injuries [see W. Va. Code § 23-4-1f (2013)]. Affirming a decision by the state’s Board of Review, the state’s...
LexisNexis Workers' Comp Law Newsroom Staff
over 9 years ago
Workers' Compensation
News Headlines
National and State-by-State Workers' Comp News Roundup Powered by Larson's (4/22/2013)
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 NEWS: Unclear if Boston Marathon Bombings an Act of Terrorism...
Larson's Spotlight
over 10 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Fraud
Larson’s Spotlight on Recent Cases: Guilty Plea Sentence Affirmed for Workers’ Comp Fraud
Larson's Spotlight on Fraud, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Employer Status for Religious Colony, and Negligent Provision of Firearm. Larson's surveys the latest case developments that you need to know about. Thomas A. Robinson, the staff writer...
Martin Klug
over 10 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
Missouri: Refugee Awarded 'Total' for His Days in the Bosnian War
Claimant’s “harrowing experiences” during the Bosnian war entitled him to permanent and total disability benefits against the Second Injury Fund, according to the Commission in the case Music v Red Brick Management, 2013 MOWCLR Lexis...
Larson's Spotlight
over 8 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
Virginia: UPS Driver Awarded Benefits for PTSD Caused by Encounter With Murdered Customer
A Virginia appellate court affirmed an award of benefits to a UPS driver who claimed he had suffered from work-related PTSD. Acknowledging that in Virginia, a claimant may recover workers' compensation benefits for a purely psychological injury, provided...
LexisNexis Workers' Comp Law Newsroom Staff
over 9 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
National Workers’ Compensation & Disability Conference Nov. 20-22, 2013: Discounted CLE Opportunity!
Thanks to our partnership with the National Workers' Compensation & Disability Conference ® LexisNexis and LRP have arranged a special $325.00 discount for our LexisNexis Legal Newsroom members for this year's event! NWCDC , November...
LexisNexis Workers' Comp Law Newsroom Staff
over 9 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
National Workers’ Compensation & Disability Conference Nov. 20-22, 2013: Discounted CLE Opportunity!
Thanks to our partnership with the National Workers' Compensation & Disability Conference ® LexisNexis and LRP have arranged a special $325.00 discount for our LexisNexis Legal Newsroom members for this year's event! NWCDC , November...
Thomas A. Robinson
over 9 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
The Top 10 Bizarre Workers' Comp Cases for 2013
© Copyright 2014 LexisNexis. All rights reserved. For reprint permission, contact Robin.E.Kobayashi@lexisnexis.com . During the past several Januarys, I’ve shared with readers my annual list of bizarre workers’ compensation cases for...
LexisNexis Workers' Comp Law Newsroom Staff
over 9 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
National Workers’ Compensation & Disability Conference Nov. 20-22, 2013: Discounted CLE Opportunity!
Thanks to our partnership with the National Workers' Compensation & Disability Conference ® LexisNexis and LRP have arranged a special $325.00 discount for our LexisNexis Legal Newsroom members for this year's event! NWCDC , November...
LexisNexis Workers' Comp Law Newsroom Staff
over 9 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
National Workers’ Compensation & Disability Conference Nov. 20-22, 2013
The National Workers' Compensation & Disability Conference ® , November 20 - 22 at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, offers you in-person guidance on today's hottest legal issues from the same legal minds you follow on our web community. Not...
Martin Klug
over 10 years ago
Workers' Compensation
Recent Cases, News, Trends & Developments
Missouri: Commission Guts Benefits to Sex Assault Victim
When there is no other evidence on the issue of rate, the statutory minimum rate of $40 a week applies. The claimant has the burden to prove rate. Boilerplate pleading asserting the "maximum" rate on a claim did not entitle claimant to the statutory...
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