Where a claimant established a claim for multiple work-related injuries as a result of a stroke that rendered him hemiplegic and wheelchair bound and, as a result of his injuries, claimant was in need of home health care services, some of which were authorized...
An award of claims by a JCC for authorization of lawn care, attendant care, a podiatrist, an AFO brace, and evaluation of the need for specialized shoes was affirmed, but the award for home renovations was reversed because the evidence identified by the JCC did...
Resolving a split among the state’s judges of compensation claims, a Florida appellate court held that an employer/carrier’s failure to respond timely to a request for a one-time change of physician does not entitle the employee to a physician in a different specialty...
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 blanket rule...
Pursuant to 77 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 2703(b), if an injured worker fails to notify the Uninsured Employers Guaranty Fund (Fund) within 45 days after the worker knows that the employer is uninsured, the Fund is not obligated to provide “compensation” from the date of...
A Missouri appellate court held that the state’s Industrial Relations Commission’s power to order an employee (and his spouse) to repay some $41,000 in medical benefits following the successful settlement of a third-party civil action for an amount...
A worker who has a dispute about collecting a worker's compensation award must rely upon civil remedies and does not have an independent tort claim to recover punitive damages and pain and suffering, according to a new decision from the court of appeals. Deane...
A Nebraska appellate court has affirmed a decision by the state’s Workers’ Compensation Court that limited an injured employee’s medical benefits to the costs of his first medical appointment where it found that the employee thereafter failed...
Larson's Spotlight on Future Medical Benefits, Employee Status, Retaliatory Discharge, and Disfigurement. Larson's surveys the latest case developments that you need to know about. Thomas A. Robinson, the staff writer for Larson's Workers' Compensation...
Click here to read more about how and why the "Slow Recovery Affects Workers' Comp Benefits and Costs" and to download this latest report from the National Academy of Social Insurance .
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 Workers'...