South Dakota Supreme Court Says Failure to Serve Department of Labor with Notice of Appeal is Jurisdictional

SC High Court Stresses that with Discretionary Issues Commission Must Actually Use Discretion

SC Appellate Court Chides Commission for Summarily Dismissing Appeal

In a stinging decision, the Court of Appeals of South Carolina ruled that the state’s Workers’ Compensation Commission had abused its discretion in summarily dismissing the appeal by an insurance...

MS Court Reverses Commission Order Granting Sanctions Against Employer

A Mississippi appellate court held the state’s Workers’ Compensation Commission erred when it entered an order that required an employer/carrier to pay attorney’s fees of $4,000 as a sanction for...

NY Carrier Fails to Notify its Attorney of Claimant’s Application for Board Review and Loses Appeal

Illustrating what can happen when a workers' compensation carrier fails to notify its counsel of the carrier's receipt of important papers concerning a claim, a New York appellate court affirmed...

For NY Board's Form RB-89, Question 15's "When" Did Not Mean a Specific Date

New York practitioners are aware that when a party seeks review of a WCLJ's findings, the state's Workers' Compensation Board has become quite strict in its examination of a party's...