Here’s the latest batch of advanced postings for the March 2016 issue of Cal. Comp. Cases. Lexis.com and Lexis Advance subscribers can link to the case to read the complete headnotes and summaries. © Copyright 2016 LexisNexis. All rights reserved...
Indicating that it was “not eliminating the concept of maximum medical improvement from the workers’ compensation lexicon,” the Supreme Court of Missouri held that while It was plausible, and likely probable, that the MMI date and the end of the...
Cases that hold maximum medical improvement (MMI) as a bright line test to end all TTD “should no longer be followed,” according to the Missouri Supreme Court in Greer v Sysco Food Services , SC 94724 (Mo. 2015) 2015 MO Lexis 248 (Lexis Advance), 2015...
Where a long-time employee notified his employer that he would be retiring in one month and, two weeks prior to retirement, he tripped and fell in a work-related accident, received medical treatment in a worksite clinic and was placed on restricted duty for the...
The Nevada Supreme Court held that a self-employed delivery driver who contracted with FedEx Home Delivery for one of its routes was entitled to TTD benefits in spite of his lack of a “salary” in a traditional sense. The driver acknowledged that he continued to...
California’s State Average Weekly Wage (SAWW) rose just under 2.3 percent from $1,095.70 to $1,120.67 in the year ending March 31, 2015, which the California Workers’ Compensation Institute (CWCI) notes will boost temporary total disability (TTD) and...
All eyes are on Florida and the key challenges to its workers’ comp laws, including whether the “Grand Bargain” exists One year ago when the Foreword to the 2014 Edition of Dubreuil’s Florida Workers’ Compensation Handbook (LexisNexis...
Here’s the third batch of advanced postings for February 2015 issue of Cal. Comp. Cases. Lexis.com and Lexis Advance subscribers can link to the case to read the complete headnotes and summaries. © Copyright 2015 LexisNexis. All rights reserved....
A divided Supreme Court of Ohio affirmed a finding of the state’s Industrial Commission that a worker was not entitled to TTD benefits because he had voluntarily abandoned the workforce when he quit his job on the same day that he reported to work with a note from...
A Connecticut appellate court affirmed a decision by the state’s Workers’ Compensation Review Board that approved of a commissioner’s decision to reduce the attorney’s fee awarded to an injured worker’s attorney from $1,481 to $1. The commissioner initially determined...
Payments for pharmaceuticals and durable medical equipment (DME) in California workers’ compensation continue to increase sharply, adding pressure against the recent reforms to the system according to a new CWCI study that examines medical and indemnity payment...
Here’s the second batch of advanced postings for August 2014 issue of Cal. Comp. Cases. Lexis.com and Lexis Advance subscribers can link to the case to read the complete headnotes and summaries. © Copyright 2014 LexisNexis. All rights reserved. ...
Here are the fourth batch of advanced postings for June, and first batch of advanced postings for the July 2014 issue of Cal. Comp. Cases. Lexis.com and Lexis Advance subscribers can link to the case to read the complete headnotes and summaries. © Copyright...
CALIFORNIA COMPENSATION CASES Vol. 79 No. 5 May 2014 A Report of En Banc and Significant Panel Decisions of the WCAB and Selected Court Opinions of Related Interest, With a Digest of WCAB Decisions Denied Judicial Review CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE © Copyright...
Reversing a decision of the state’s Court of Appeals, the Supreme Court of New Mexico held that an injured employee’s eligibility for TTD benefits is not limited to 500 or 700 weeks—depending upon the severity of the disability—as is the case for permanent partial...