A Pennsylvania WCJ need not consider non-work-related injury limitations that were the result of actions that occurred after the work-related injury as part of a Pennsylvania injured employee’s “residual productive...
Post-Injury Felony Conviction Not a Factor in Determining PA Employee’s Earning Power Post-Injury Felony Conviction Not a Factor in Determining PA Employee’s Earning PowerThe Kentucky Supreme Court held the 2018 amendment to Ky. Rev. Stat. 342.730(4), which terminates workers’ compensation income benefits when the recipient reaches the age of 70 or four years...
KY Supreme Court Says Statute Terminating Income Benefits at Age 70 is Constitutional KY Supreme Court Says Statute Terminating Income Benefits at Age 70 is ConstitutionalOverruling Dickens v. Pizza Co., Inc., 266 Kan. 1066, 1071, 974 P.2d 601 (1999), which had adopted an exception to the general rule allowing reduction in workers’ compensation benefits where...
Amendments to Social Security Act in 2000 Do Not Trump Kansas Offset Statute Amendments to Social Security Act in 2000 Do Not Trump Kansas Offset Statute