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Commonwealth Court holds that a truck driver was not subjected to abnormal working conditions from a minor truck fire that was extinguished in two minutes and without physical injury occurring to anyone.
In his Claim Petition, the claimant alleged he sustained Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in February 2015, when the tractor-trailer he was driving caught fire.
What’s Hot in Workers’ Comp, Vol. 28, No.
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TOP 10 DEVELOPMENTS IN DELAWARE WORKERS’ COMPENSATION IN 2023
1. Supreme Court holds an employer or workers’ compensation carrier may assert a subrogation lien against an employee’s recovery of benefits under an employer-purchased UIM policy, overruling its own precedent, Simendinger v.
What’s Hot in Workers’ Comp, Vol. 27, No.
TOP 10 DEVELOPMENTS IN FLORIDA WORKERS’ COMPENSATION IN 2023
1. Death benefits under Chapter 112 (Firefighter’s cancer diagnosis).
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TOP 10 DEVELOPMENTS IN NEW JERSEY WORKERS’ COMPENSATION IN 2023
1. The Appellate Division addresses the abuse of workers’ compensation judges’ discretion in awarding fees, costs and penalties.Garzon v. Morris Cnty. Golf Club, No. A-1100-21 (App. Div. Dec. 23, 2022)
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TOP 10 DEVELOPMENTS IN PENNSYLVANIA WORKERS’ COMPENSATION IN 2023
1. An application for Fee Review is not premature on the basis that treatment is not related to the work injury where a Utilization Review Request has not been filed.
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Angela DeMary (Mount Laurel, NJ) presented on the topic “Assessing the Injury and Case” for the National Business Institute’s webinar “New Jersey Workers’ Compensation Fundamentals” on November 29, 2023.
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Risk of exposure to COVID-19 at employer’s poultry processing plant was not distinct from that attending employment in general.
Mr. Fowler alleged that he suffered a compensable COVID-19 exposure while working as a “boxer” at a poultry processing plant.
What’s Hot in Workers’ Comp, Vol. 27, No.
Section 112.1816(2) does not bar entitlement to death benefits under Florida’s workers’ compensation statute Section 440.16.
The claimant’s husband, a firefighter, died of brain cancer.
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