What do a crockpot and a paycheck have in common? In this case they were two items that brought the claimant into her employer, Boscovs, on her day off. And this being my case on behalf of the employer, the fact that claimant used her employee discount... Read More
We had so much fun talking about that Australian Hotel Sex Romp case and as such, this post will continue to let the good times roll. The happenings in Australia have been impactful on the local front as they have promoted discussion of our own laws on... Read More
Cassandra Roberts of Young, Conaway, Stargatt & Taylor LLP discusses an Australian workers' comp case involving injury to a government worker attending a conference (referred to the Australian rough sex case), the view of course and scope in Australia... Read More
Larson's Spotlight on Death Benefits to Nonresident Aliens, Accidental Injury, Third Party Settlement Proceeds, Work Order Violation, and Prisoners. Larson's surveys the latest case developments that you need to know about. Thomas A. Robinson... Read More
Larson's Spotlight on Retaliatory Discharge, Subrogation, Ex Parte Communication, Volunteer Firefighter, Initial Physical Aggressor. Larson's surveys the latest case developments that you need to know about. Thomas A. Robinson, the staff writer... Read More
Today's post is the part two of my 9/8/10 post titled " The Case of the Savvy Sleuth "...... It was one of defense attorney Gary Baker's (Elzufon, Austin, Tarlov & Mondell) finest hours as he defeated the claim of a double amputee... Read More
Larson's Spotlight on Going and Coming Rule, Heat-Related Illness, COPD Claim, Usual Employment, and Voluntary Severance . Larson's surveys the latest case developments that you need to know about. Thomas A. Robinson, the staff writer for Larson's... Read More
Today's post is a salute to my lack of ego. Yep, I am going to break my own rule and post about one of my cases....and take it a step further and tell y'all about a case I recently lost to Matt Bartkowski of Kimmel, Carter, Roman & Peltz.... Read More
Holiday greetings to one and all. And a shout out to my new urban legend, that rascal Gary Baker. Do y'all remember my post of 7/22/09? Titled "Gone to the Dogs...." , it was a little ditty about course and scope and the idiopathic fall... Read More
Reading the case of David Mosley v. Gateway House , IAB Hrg. # 1343902 (8/11/10) was a little bit like watching an episode of Columbo from my childhood. For some of you, perhaps reminiscent of The Rockford Files or any other offering involving a good... Read More
By Stuart D. Colburn, Shareholder, Downs Stanford In Appeals Panel Decision No. 100130, t he carrier received written notice of the claimed injury on June 19, 2009. Benefits were not initiated until July 10, 2009, more than 15 days later. Within 60 days... Read More
A special thank you to PRO Physical Therapy for their hospitality last week at Citizens Bank Park..... Aspiring athletes Ben & Allison Lengkeek enjoy a night at Citizens Bank Park, compliments of PRO Physical Therapy. Their Dad is my... Read More
Cases that review the "idiopathic fall" doctrine pop up in Delaware on an occasional basis at best and often present interesting facts. In a recent decision of the Industrial Accident Board, Laci Nash v. Medical Management International ,... Read More
Summer is right around the corner, and with it comes annual company picnics, baseball games, parties and the like. These types of events raise a host of workers’ comp issues for employers. For example, last week my manager took our entire... Read More