The fact that a retired Nevada firefighter had no actual "wages" to replace, since his diagnosis for prostate cancer came three years after his retirement, did not mean he should not be awarded disability benefits based upon the wages he was... Read More
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... Read More
Reversing a decision by a lower court, the Supreme Court of New Jersey held that a volunteer firefighter, injured in the line of duty, need not show that she actually lost wages due to the injury in order to qualify for temporary disability benefits.... Read More
A New York appellate court affirmed a decision of the state’s Workers’ Compensation Board that denied a corporate bond trader’s application for an award of reduced earnings that he claimed were caused by a PTSD condition brought about... Read More
Larson's Spotlight on PPOs, AMA Guides, Going and Coming, Lost Wages, Telecommuter. Larson's surveys the latest case developments that you need to know about. Thomas A. Robinson, the staff writer for Larson's Workers' Compensation Law... Read More
A brand new release from the Delaware Supreme Court and some new law on the wage statute, 19 Del. Code Section 2302. Bravo to claimant attorney Yvonne Saville for her persuasive oral argument and what I suspect was a scrumptious brief. Here is the issue... Read More