Quoting Larson’s Workers’ Compensation Law , the Supreme Court of Nebraska reversed a finding by a lower appellate court that had set the average weekly wage (AWW) of a business owner at $1,399.45, entitling the owner to the maximum compensation... Read More
Payments made to participants in New York’s work experience program (WEP) are “wages” for purposes of the state’s workers’ compensation law [see N.Y. Workers’ Comp. Law § 2(9)], and should be utilized in computing... Read More
Emphasizing that the definition of “employee” within the context of workers’ compensation law was not identical with the common law definition and that the tests used to determine whether a particular worker was an employee versus an... Read More
In a decision in which the plurality, the concurring, and the dissenting opinions all quoted Larson’s Workers’ Compensation Law , the Supreme Court of Vermont held that an individual who sustained injuries while student teaching received “wages”... Read More
When there is no other evidence on the issue of rate, the statutory minimum rate of $40 a week applies. The claimant has the burden to prove rate. Boilerplate pleading asserting the "maximum" rate on a claim did not entitle claimant to the statutory... Read More
In computing the social security offset required under Wash. Rev. Code § 51.32.220, the state’s Department of Labor and Industries need not adjust the claimant’s wages for inflation, held a state appellate court. The statute requires... Read More
Let me start by saying if you think the goings on in Delaware are of small import, I just discovered that The Detour & Frolic has readers in Australia. We are the trend setters for not only the rest of the U.S., but the rest of the world.....who'd... Read More
Nashville, TN (CompNewsNetwork) - Under present law, when an injured employee is eligible to receive any permanent partial disability benefits through workers compensation for an injury to the body as a whole, an arm, a leg, or one of various combinations... Read More