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Apr 16, 2024

PA Commonwealth Court Reverses WCJ and Board in Post-Lorino Decision

In what I believe is the first published opinion construing the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s December 2021 Lorino decision regarding awards of attorney’s fees, the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania reversed, in...

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Apr 16, 2024

PA Commonwealth Court Reverses WCJ and Board in Post-Lorino Decision

PA Commonwealth Court Reverses WCJ and Board in Post-Lorino Decision PA Commonwealth Court Reverses WCJ and Board in Post-Lorino Decision

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Dec 20, 2018

Deeply Divided Oklahoma High Court Says Reduction of PPD Allowed Where Employer Paid Full Wages During Police Officer’s Disability Period

In a deeply divided (5-4) decision, the Supreme Court of Oklahoma recently held that a provision in the state’s workers’ compensation law [Okla. Stat. tit. 85A, § 89] allowing an...

Deeply Divided Oklahoma High Court Says Reduction of PPD Allowed Where Employer Paid Full Wages During Police Officer’s Disability Period Deeply Divided Oklahoma High Court Says Reduction of PPD Allowed Where Employer Paid Full Wages During Police Officer’s Disability Period

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Oct 23, 2020

Foreseeability of Ohio Worker's Depression is Not a Factor in Judging Compensability of Mental Condition

An Ohio appellate court reversed a trial court’s determination that an injured worker had not sustained a compensable mental injury–Depressive Disorder, not otherwise specified–stemming from her original 2007 knee injury,...

Foreseeability of Ohio Worker's Depression is Not a Factor in Judging Compensability of Mental Condition Foreseeability of Ohio Worker's Depression is Not a Factor in Judging Compensability of Mental Condition

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Aug 12, 2015

NC: Surviving Spouse Loses Claim for Death Benefits Since She Neither Lived With Nor Was Dependent Upon Worker at Time of His Death

A surviving spouse was not entitled to receive workers’ compensation death benefits where evidence established that she left the family home several years prior to the deceased employee’s death, rarely...

NC: Surviving Spouse Loses Claim for Death Benefits Since She Neither Lived With Nor Was Dependent Upon Worker at Time of His Death NC: Surviving Spouse Loses Claim for Death Benefits Since She Neither Lived With Nor Was Dependent Upon Worker at Time of His Death

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