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The California Supreme Court has issued its decision denying the Petition for Rehearing filed by applicant in Baker v W.C.A.B. (XYZZX) . The court did make some modifications to its opinion that to some extent addressed the issues raised in applicant...

The Supreme Court of Alaska affirmed in relevant part a decision by the state’s Workers’ Compensation Commission that had denied TTD benefits to a claimant on the basis that the claimant voluntarily quit his position and left the workforce...

Larson's Spotlight on Waiver of Benefits, Intervention, Psychiatric Claim, and Borrowed Employee. Larson's surveys the latest case developments that you need to know about. Thomas A. Robinson, the staff writer for Larson's Workers' Compensation...

Where a long-time employee notified his employer that he would be retiring in one month and, two weeks prior to retirement, he tripped and fell in a work-related accident, received medical treatment in a worksite clinic and was placed on restricted duty...

Here’s the first batch of advanced postings for the March 2012 issue of Cal. Comp. Cases. Lexis.com subscribers can link to the cases to read the complete headnotes and summaries. © Copyright 2012 LexisNexis. All rights reserved. City...

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: Matthew Bender Celebrates 125 Years of Trusted Analytical...

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR DECISIONS Westover v North Country Hospital , Opinion No. 19-12WC (July 20, 2012). Claimant found to have CRPS, therefore not at medical end result. Defendant's IME opinions undercut in part due to lack of review of complete...

California’s State Average Weekly Wage (SAWW) rose just under 2.3 percent from $1,095.70 to $1,120.67 in the year ending March 31, 2015, which the California Workers’ Compensation Institute (CWCI) notes will boost temporary total disability...

Cases that hold maximum medical improvement (MMI) as a bright line test to end all TTD “should no longer be followed,” according to the Missouri Supreme Court in Greer v Sysco Food Services , SC 94724 (Mo. 2015) 2015 MO Lexis 248 (Lexis Advance...

A divided Supreme Court of Ohio affirmed a finding of the state’s Industrial Commission that a worker was not entitled to TTD benefits because he had voluntarily abandoned the workforce when he quit his job on the same day that he reported to work...

All eyes are on Florida and the key challenges to its workers’ comp laws, including whether the “Grand Bargain” exists One year ago when the Foreword to the 2014 Edition of Dubreuil’s Florida Workers’ Compensation Handbook...

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR DECISIONS Rowell v. Northeast Kingdom Community Action , Opinion No. 17-11WC (July 8, 2011). Claimant is not entitled to PTD for his February 2007 back injury under the "odd lot" doctrine. Claimant's medical experts...

The Supreme Court of Connecticut affirmed an award of TTD benefits for an 11-month time period where evidence indicated the employee, who delivered parcels for the employer, fell ill while delivering a package to a fire station and, upon examination,...

California’s State Average Weekly Wage (SAWW) rose less than 1 percent from $1,059.38 to $1,067.25 in the 12 months ending March 31, 2013, which the California Workers’ Compensation Institute (CWCI) reports will boost temporary total disability...

California’s State Average Weekly Wage (SAWW) rose more than 5.5% from $1003.55 to $1,059.38 in the 12 months ending March 31, 2012, which according to the California Workers’ Compensation Institute (CWCI), will boost minimum and maximum temporary...