Missouri compensation allows a 15% enhancement of statutory comp benefits when the employer fails to comply with state law and the injury is caused by the failure. Although most cases invoke 287.120.4 (Lexis Advance), 287.120.4 (lexis.com) for failure to guard...
Karen C. Yotis, Esq., a Feature Resident Columnist for the LexisNexis Workers’ Compensation eNewsletter , provides insights into workplace issues and the nuts and bolts of the workers’ comp world. Temporary workers are having a decidedly permanent...
Richmond, Virginia, May 21, 2014: The 2014 General Assembly approved an increase in the civil penalty imposed when an employer required to insure under the Workers’ Compensation Act fails to insure. An employer is required by state law to insure in Virginia...
A Louisiana appellate court recently held that while the terms of a compromise settlement agreement executed by a workers’ compensation claimant and an employer are generally recognized and fully binding on the parties, where the agreement calls for the payment...
Larson's Spotlight on RICO, Ex Parte Communication, Penalties and Reemployment. Larson's surveys the latest case developments that you need to know about. Thomas A. Robinson, the staff writer for Larson's Workers' Compensation Law , has compiled...