Ohio Supreme Court Continues to Clarify Abandonment of Workforce Rule

Virginia Worker’s Post-Injury Decision to be “Off-Work” Due to COVID-19 Sinks TTD Claim

A Virginia part-time employee, who was able to work without restrictions for three months, following a work-related injury, and who then was “taken off work” by...

NY Court Disapproves of Board’s Retroactive Disqualification for Lack of Labor Market Attachment

Reversing a portion of a decision by the New York Workers’ Compensation Board, a state appellate court stressed that the appropriate date of a finding of no lab...

NY Court Affirms Abandonment of Labor Market Finding in Spite of Medical Opinion as to Disability

In spite of the fact that a New York employee sustained an admitted work-related injury–she was hit by falling scaffolding–and her physician offered an unrebutt...

Divided NY Appellate Court Finds Claimant's Need of Surgery Insufficient to Show Worsening Condition

In a divided decision, a New York appellate court recently affirmed a Board determination that a claimant, who had earlier been awarded PPD benefits and whose c...

Wyoming Court Says Division’s Rule Setting Arbitrary Limitation on TTD Benefits Is Invalid

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 27–14–404 limits awards of TTD benefits to twenty-four months, but gives the Wyoming Worker’s Safety and Compensation Division (the Division) ...