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Linda Wagner Farrell (Jacksonville) presented “Permanent and Total Disability” for the Association of Workers’ Compensation Claims Professionals on October 25.
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What’s Hot in Workers’ Comp is prepared by Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin to provide information on recent legal developments of interest to our readers.
TOP 10 DEVELOPMENTS IN DELAWARE WORKERS’ COMPENSATION IN 2021
1. The Board’s decision denying a DCD Petition alleging that the claimant developed COVID-19 due to work exposure is currently pending before the Superior Court.
What’s Hot in Workers’ Comp is prepared by Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin to provide information on recent legal developments of interest to our readers.
TOP 10 DEVELOPMENTS IN FLORIDA WORKERS’ COMPENSATION IN 2021
1. Prior final compensation order did not predict that permanent total disability benefits would flow from the award as the claimant intended, but did not, undergo a surgery to alleviate the work-related injury.
What’s Hot in Workers’ Comp is prepared by Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin to provide information on recent legal developments of interest to our readers.
TOP 10 DEVELOPMENTS IN NEW JERSEY WORKERS’ COMPENSATION IN 2021
1. The Appellate Division affirmed a Judge of Compensation’s decision to include the petitioner’s portion of attorneys’ fees and costs in the employer’s Section 40 lien.
What’s Hot in Workers’ Comp is prepared by Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin to provide information on recent legal developments of interest to our readers.
TOP 10 DEVELOPMENTS IN PENNSYLVANIA WORKERS’ COMPENSATION IN 2021
1. The Commonwealth Court holds that if the 120th day for notice of a work injury falls on a weekend or holiday, notice is extended to the next business day, pursuant to the Statutory Construction Act.
What’s Hot in Workers’ Comp is prepared by Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin to provide information on recent legal developments of interest to our readers.
Supreme Court Holds That Claim for Post-Happy Hour Injuries Sustained by Claimant Is Compensable
In Jonathan Peters v.
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Judge erred in not considering employer/carrier’s request for expert medical adviser once claimant’s one-time change choice of physician was rendered an authorized treating provider, thereby creating a conflict with the prior physician.
After the claimant suffered a compensable accident, the employer/carrier authorized Dr. Rosabald to treat her. Doctor Rosabald indicated that surgery was not necessary and released the claimant to return to work.
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The New Jersey Appellate Court reverses dismissal of the workers’ compensation claim under premises rule.
The Appellate Division reversed the Workers’ Compensation Judge’s dismissal of a claim based on the conclusion that the accident had not taken place in the course of the petitioner’s employment.
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Judge did not abuse her discretion in imposing a 50% penalty against the employer for refusing to pay fatal claim benefits because her decision awarding benefits contained an incorrect benefit rate and there was no evidence regarding the decedent’s wages.
A workers’ compensation judge issued a decision granting a fatal claim petition and ordered payment of ongoing weekly benefits to the claimant at the rate of 50% of the decedent’s average weekly wage at the time he last worked in 2010.
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Commonwealth Court upholds a decision to enforce a prior judicially approved C&R Agreement wherein the claimant agreed to cooperate by signing Medicare Set-Aside paperwork and later refused.
The claimant settled his workers’ compensation claim by a Compromise and Release Agreement (C&R).
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