Construing Colorado law, a federal district court held that in a suit to recover UIM benefits under an insurance policy issued to plaintiff by the defendant insurance company, evidence related to the plaintiff’s prior recovery of medical expenses, wages, and other...
The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts held that while an employer is entitled to a lien on an employee’s recovery from a third party for work-related injuries under Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 152, § 15, the lien does not attach to damages paid by a third party for...
In Silva v LSG Sky Chiefs and Liberty Mutual Insurance Company , 2015 Cal. Wrk. Comp. P.D. LEXIS --, the WCAB provided guidance on supplemental job displacement benefits by interpreting the Labor Code and related Administrative Rule to entitle qualifying applicants...
A workers' compensation carrier, who paid benefits to an aide at a juvenile detention center who was physically assaulted, raped, and kidnapped by a coworker, is entitled to take a dollar-for-dollar credit against future workers’ compensation benefits owed...