This comes to us by way of Susan Ament of Morris James. Not like Susan to toot her own horn and in fact, this was sent to me by her paralegal. And when you are married to my brother, you get what I like to call “blog preference.” But I have... Read More
Last night’s Randy J. Holland Workers’ Compensation Inn of Court featured a presentation on Legal Hearings, Motion Days and Disfigurement. We all enjoyed the skit and much valuable information (and heart-warming fellowship) was shared among... Read More
In my post of 8/15/13 ( Beauty is in the Eye….. A Primer on DE’s Bagley Analysis ), we took an in-depth look at the Bagley standard for disfigurement awards. You may vaguely recall that Bagley is that case that more or less examines that... Read More
In Ramirez v. Space Lok, Inc., 2015 Cal. Wrk. Comp. P.D. LEXIS 9 (lexis.com), 2015 Cal. Wrk. Comp. P.D. LEXIS 9 (Lexis Advance), the WCAB rescinded the WCJ’s finding that the applicant, a machine operator, incurred 36 percent permanent disability... Read More
The exquisite little girl above is Lara, Sheldon Saints' daughter. She is a gorgeous child, with a pedigree of beauty.... Her aunts, Shel's sisters, were both beauty queens back in the day. Sheila Saints and Shawna Saints....if you grew up around... Read More
I am rarely at a loss for words but with the sudden passing of Ray Radulski over the weekend, I really have nothing to bring to the table today. What a loss to the Delaware work comp bar. An appropriate tribute will follow later this week. Ray loved the... Read More
Today’s case come to us via James Haley, a sometimes work comp lawyer who had a whopper of a disfigurement award and who was rightfully proud. For a background on how the law applies to disfigurement in cases of catastrophic injury, see my post... Read More
Larson's Spotlight on Future Medical Benefits, Employee Status, Retaliatory Discharge, and Disfigurement. Larson's surveys the latest case developments that you need to know about. Thomas A. Robinson, the staff writer for Larson's Workers'... Read More
Today’s selection is from Don Marston of Doroshow Pasquale et al. Here is what Don has to say: Here is what I believe to be the latest entry in the battle of low back perm vs. lower extremity perm. There are a couple of interesting aspects... Read More
I heard about this one courtesy of Mr. Brady as he was dipping out my Black Bean Sirloin Chili at last week’s Holland Inn of Court. Turns out he also likes cornbread and between compliments on my culinary skills, he wanted to make sure I was aware... Read More
Another guest blogger today, and with today’s post comes some insight into the Bagley analysis for work comp, courtesy of Sheldon Saints. You may vaguely recall that Bagley is that case that more or less examines that portion of our disfigurement... Read More
Okay, so I get a little more excited than the average practitioner when I come across a quirky case-- be it what I would call "funky body parts" or a sexy legal issue, or even the statement of the glaringly obvious (which itself is often entertaining... Read More
It occurred to me as I was mailing claimant attorney Henry Davis a copy of my super-duper laminated permanency chart that it really bugs me that I have no way of knowing if it is complete. Truly and boastfully complete....Not for sure. I had polled some... Read More
Well, Halloween is casting a long shadow here in the First State and seeing as it is also Election day....well I thought I would blog about something as quirky (to put it kindly) as the political skirmishes here in DE. So how about a little tale in which... Read More