Workers’-compensation developments in Litigation, tracked across U.S. jurisdictions — each story grounded in the primary record with original analysis of what it means for the market.
The court reversed the First District Court of Appeal and ruled that a car rental manager shot by an unknown assailant late at night is entitled to workers' compensation benefits because his job duties and work environment substantially elevated his risk of assault.
FLflcourts.gov
The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the commissioner's authority to reject the WCRIB's filing but held he must provide a 'specific, reasoned explanation' for ordering nearly double the proposed decrease under G.L. c. 152, §53A.
MAsocialaw.com
A 5-2 decision limits Section 306(f.1)(3)(iii) of the Workers' Compensation Act to its eight enumerated service categories, eliminating the statute as a standalone cost-containment tool for carrier pharmacy bill denials.
PAlaw.justia.com
In J-H Alliance Inc. v. IWCC, the First District affirmed that a COVID-19 furlough did not sever a claimant's second job, so both employers' wages counted toward her benefit rate — pushing combined average weekly wage to $757.67.
ILillinoiscourts.gov
In Griffith v. Kulper, the court held that co-employee gross negligence under Iowa Code section 85.20 requires actual knowledge of the specific peril — not a failure to inspect — leaving workers' compensation death benefits as the exclusive remedy.
IAiowacourts.gov