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Larson’s Spotlight on Recent Cases: Exclusive Remedy Defense Stands In Spite of Less than “Adequate” Recovery
Posted on 11 Oct 2012 by Larson's Spotlight

Larson's Spotlight on Exclusive Remedy, Co-Employee Exclusivity, Psychiatric Condition, and Violation of Safety Rule. Larson's surveys the latest case developments that you need to know about. Thomas A. Robinson, the staff writer for Larson's... Read More

Tags: depression , safety rule , adequate remedy , psychiatric condition , exclusive remedy , course and scope of employment , co-employee exclusivity

California: Labor Code Section 3208.3(h) Applied to Migraine Headaches
Posted on 1 Mar 2012 by Richard M. Jacobsmeyer

The 4th District Court of Appeal has issued a decision on an issue which has been pending in an unresolved fashion since the early 1990s when Labor Code § 3208.3 was amended to provide that injuries arising from lawful good faith personnel actions... Read More

Tags: psychiatric benefits , California , psychiatric condition , County of San Bernardino v W.C.A.B. , good faith personnel actions , California workers compensation , job stress , Richard Jacobsmeyer , migraine headaches , statutory interpretation , psychiatric injury

West Virginia Supreme Court Continues Trend of Weakening Medical Management Guidelines
Posted on 30 Mar 2012 by H. Dill Battle, III

By H. Dill Battle, III In a new reported decision the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals addressed the addition of psychiatric diagnoses as a secondary condition to a compensable injury. In Hale v. WVOIC and Rockspring Development, Inc . , No... Read More

Tags: West Virginia , psychiatric treatment , John Hale v. West Virginia Office of the Insurance Commissioner , psychiatric diagnoses , psychiatric condition , Dill Battle , Rockspring Development , Medical Management Guidelines , psychiatric disorder , impairment ratings , expert psychiatric report

West Virginia Supreme Court Continues Trend of Weakening Medical Management Guidelines
Posted on 30 Mar 2012 by H. Dill Battle, III

By H. Dill Battle, III In a new reported decision the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals addressed the addition of psychiatric diagnoses as a secondary condition to a compensable injury. In Hale v. WVOIC and Rockspring Development, Inc . , No... Read More

Tags: West Virginia , psychiatric treatment , John Hale v. West Virginia Office of the Insurance Commissioner , psychiatric diagnoses , psychiatric condition , Dill Battle , Rockspring Development , Medical Management Guidelines , psychiatric disorder , impairment ratings , expert psychiatric report

Larson’s Spotlight on Recent Cases: Exclusive Remedy Defense Stands In Spite of Less than “Adequate” Recovery
Posted on 11 Oct 2012 by Larson's Spotlight

Larson's Spotlight on Exclusive Remedy, Co-Employee Exclusivity, Psychiatric Condition, and Violation of Safety Rule. Larson's surveys the latest case developments that you need to know about. Thomas A. Robinson, the staff writer for Larson's... Read More

Tags: depression , safety rule , adequate remedy , psychiatric condition , exclusive remedy , course and scope of employment , co-employee exclusivity

California: Labor Code Section 3208.3(h) Applied to Migraine Headaches
Posted on 1 Mar 2012 by Richard M. Jacobsmeyer

The 4th District Court of Appeal has issued a decision on an issue which has been pending in an unresolved fashion since the early 1990s when Labor Code § 3208.3 was amended to provide that injuries arising from lawful good faith personnel actions... Read More

Tags: psychiatric benefits , California , psychiatric condition , County of San Bernardino v W.C.A.B. , good faith personnel actions , California workers compensation , job stress , Richard Jacobsmeyer , migraine headaches , statutory interpretation , psychiatric injury