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Judges of compensation claims have the authority to take a flexible and holistic approach to permanent total disability claims as the triers of fact. The Blake methods are guidelines, not requirements.
The employer/carrier in this matter appealed the judge of compensation claims’ award of permanent total disability (PTD) benefits.
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Appellate Divisions affirms a workers’ compensation judge’s decision that the claimant’s testimony was not credible and his medical expert’s theory was not supported by objective evidence.
The Appellate Division affirmed the workers’ compensation order denying the petitioner’s motion for medical/temporary benefits.
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Appellate Division confirms that the trial judge correctly applied the intentional-wrong exception to the insurer’s policy.
The Appellate Division affirmed the Law Division order granting Hartford Underwriters Ins. Co.’s motion to dismiss and denying Sir Electric, LLC’s cross-motion for summary judgment.
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Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board did not err in granting employer’s petition for a de novo hearing to present after-discovered evidence of a medical provider’s prohibited self-referral to a pharmacy that a workers’ compensation judge would not allow.
The claimant settled a 2010 work injury by Compromise and Release Agreement (C&R) in 2017. The C&R stated the employer reserved the right to either continue paying medical benefits or to fund a Medicare Set-Aside (MSA).
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Although claimant cannot be working with a concurrent employer on date of work injury with another employer, the relationship with the concurrent employer was sufficiently intact that concurrent wages must be included in calculating average weekly wage.
The claimant sustained an injury on December 29, 2018, while working as a home health aide. The claim was accepted by the employer, and the claimant began receiving benefits at the rate of $468 per week, based on an average weekly wage of $520.
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Bureau directed to identify and publish in Pennsylvania Bulletin a different, nationally recognized schedule for valuing pharmaceuticals.
A Fee Review Hearing Officer ordered the carrier/petitioner to pay Summit Pharmacy approximately $72,500 as reimbursement for generic drugs provided to the claimant for her work injuries.
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We are pleased to announce that Erykah L. Jackson has joined our Florida workers’ compensation team! Learn more about Erykah here.
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What’s Hot in Workers' Comp – Special NJ Alert
On January 16, 2024, the Governor of New Jersey signed A-5909/S-4267 into law. The amendment revises workers’ compensation coverage for certain injuries to volunteer and professional public safety and emergency personal. The bill amends N.J.S.A.
What’s Hot in Workers’ Comp – Special NJ Alert – January 26, 2024,
What’s Hot in Workers’ Comp – Special PA Alert
In Schmidt v. Schmidt, Kirifides & Rassias (WCAB), 1039 C.D.
What’s Hot in Workers’ Comp – Special PA Alert – January 10, 2024,
Superior Court affirms decision that claimant failed to prove she contracted COVID-19 at work, but does not reach issue of whether COVID-19 qualifies as an occupational disease for a nurse who worked in the “COVID wing” of a hospital.
Ms. Hudson worked as a front-line nurse for the employer on its COVID-19 floor in the Fall of 2020. She contracted COVID at some point in October 2020 and was hospitalized on October 21, 2020. Her sons contracted the virus at the same time.
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