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District of Columbia: Hearings Department Has Jurisdiction to Decide Which of Two Contractors Should Modify Residence of Quadriplegic
Posted on 9 Dec 2020 by Thomas A. Robinson

The District of Columbia's Compensation Review Board ("CRB") committed error when it agreed with the District's Adjudication and Hearings Department ("AHD") that the latter did not have sufficient jurisdiction to determine... Read More

Tags: medical treatment , quadriplegic , Medical Benefits , residential renovation

Larson’s Spotlight on Recent Cases: Partially Disabled Claimant With Combined Injuries Should Not Receive More Payments Than a Quadriplegic Claimant
Posted on 11 May 2012 by Larson's Spotlight

Larson's Spotlight on Scheduled Award, Average Weekly Wage, Medical Benefits (Pool Therapy), and Nose Disfigurement. 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: scheduled award , workers’ compensation benefits , quadriplegic , workers’ compensation caps , Medical Benefits , YMCA , crookedness , pool therapy , burden of proof , average weekly wage , nose disfigurement

New Hampshire: Appeals Board Must Consider Future Medical Benefits in Conjunction With Employee’s Attorney Fee Request
Posted on 8 Jul 2016 by Larson's Spotlight

Acknowledging that contingent fee arrangements in workers’ compensation cases were not per se unreasonable, the Supreme Court of New Hampshire held it was error for the state’s Compensation Appeals Board (CAB) to follow what amounted to a... Read More

Tags: quadriplegic , New Hampshire workers compensation , attorney fees , contingent fee , future benefits , Medical Benefits

The Top 10 Bizarre Workers’ Compensation Cases for 2014
Posted on 31 Dec 2014 by Thomas A. Robinson

Thomas A. Robinson, J.D., the Feature National Columnist for the LexisNexis Workers’ Compensation eNewsletter , is a leading commentator and expert on the law of workers’ compensation. For the past five or six years, I’ve shared... Read More

Tags: knife , drug addiction , operating room , family argument , psychiatric treatment , social outing , surgical procedure , drunk , murder , post-traumatic stress disorder , surgeon , undocumented worker , Gun , food store , shooting , quadriplegic , tax fraud , recreational drug use , bizarre workers' comp cases , rainmaking , motorcycle accident , traveling employee , Marketing , adjustment disorder , PTSD , robber , business-related networking , personal motive , dune buggy , client entertainment , employer’s parking lot , murder-for-hire , physical violence , robbery , inpatient care , attendant care , physician's assistant , heart attack

Larson’s Spotlight on Recent Cases: Partially Disabled Claimant With Combined Injuries Should Not Receive More Payments Than a Quadriplegic Claimant
Posted on 11 May 2012 by Larson's Spotlight

Larson's Spotlight on Scheduled Award, Average Weekly Wage, Medical Benefits (Pool Therapy), and Nose Disfigurement. 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: scheduled award , workers’ compensation benefits , quadriplegic , workers’ compensation caps , Medical Benefits , YMCA , crookedness , pool therapy , burden of proof , average weekly wage , nose disfigurement