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Workplace Liability When a Third Party is Negligent

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When an individual suffers a work-related injury in the State of New Jersey, their employer (if the employer is self-insured), or the employer’s workers’ compensation insurance carrier is legally obligated to provide three...more

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Insights from the Legal Summit: Understanding Joint Prosecution Agreements in Third-Party Claims

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On October 11, 2023, Cranfill Sumner LLP held our annual Legal Summit, a virtual event featuring insightful presentations by our attorneys that focused on the latest legal developments in North Carolina. Presentations covered...more

Laughlin, Falbo, Levy & Moresi LLP

Kuciemba Update: Supreme Court Answers Long-Awaited Questions on Family Member COVID-19 Claims

In a unanimous opinion, the California Supreme Court answered two questions posed to it by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal, finding that an employer is not liable for a COVID-19 injury sustained by an employee’s household...more

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Workers’ Compensation Act And Contractual Indemnification – A Conflict Between Employer Rights And Responsibilities? Not In...

Massachusetts Workers’ Compensation Act, G.L. 152 §§ 1-86 offers employers certain protections from qualified employee-prosecuted work-related negligence actions at common law. It does not protect employers from honoring...more

Chartwell Law

In Light of Whitmoyer, Have Third Party Settlement Agreements Radically Changed?

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Since the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s decision in Whitmoyer v. Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (Mountain Country Meats), 186 A3d 947 (Pa. 2018), circulated on June 19, 2018 (as you will see, the date matters), an...more

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Insurance Update - November 2020

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Our November Insurance Update touches upon some novel issues. •Is an appraisal action – a proceeding to determine fair stock value on the date of merger – a Securities Claim for purposes of a D&O policy? •Must a workers’...more

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VIDEO: Update on Third Party Workers’ Compensation Settlements in Pennsylvania

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Chartwell Law attorneys Mary Wagner, who is a licensed RN, and Jason Hanford discuss third party workers’ compensation settlements in Pennsylvania. If you have any additional questions about this topic, please contact the...more

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Bad Faith Claims Are Barred Against Third-Party Administrators

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In De Dios v. Indemnity Insurance Company of North America, the Iowa Supreme Court set out to answer a certified question of law: Can third-party administrators be liable for bad faith failure to pay workers’ compensation...more

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Can Classifying Third Party Settlement Monies for Future Medical Expenses Effect an Employer’s Right to Subrogation Pursuant to...

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In Marshall v. Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (Easton Coach), No. 541 C.D. 2018 (April 5, 2019), the Commonwealth Court examined whether the classification of third party settlement monies, for future medical expenses,...more

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In New Jersey, Workers’ Compensation Liens Are No Longer Subject to the Verbal Threshold

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The Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, recently held, in N. J. Transit Corp v. Sanchez, No. A-0761-17T3, 2018 N.J. Super. LEXIS 168 (December 4, 2018), that pursuant to N.J.S.A. 34:15-40(f) (Section 40) of New...more

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“Bad Kamara/Good Karma” — Life After Hartford v. Kamara

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How the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s Decision in Kamara Changes the Legal Landscape for Workers’ Compensation Subrogation and Successfully Moving Forward - On November 21, 2018, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, in a 5-4...more

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Ohio Supreme Court Rules On BWC Subrogation Interest In Tort Claim Insurance Settlements

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The Supreme Court of Ohio issued an opinion last week that provides a cautionary tale whose main antagonist is the broad reach of Ohio’s automatic subrogation provision set forth in R.C. 4123.931(G). In Bur. of Workers’...more

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Injured workers must inform BWC of third-party settlements

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The Ohio Supreme Court recently ruled that the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) must be notified of potential third-party settlements that would compensate an injured worker for an injury, even when an application...more

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The Nature of Workers’ Compensation as Affected by Pain and Suffering

Under the Massachusetts Workers’ Compensation Act, M.G.L. c. 152, § 1, et seq., particularly § 15, an employee who is injured in a work-related incident due to the acts of an unrelated third party may seek redress of that...more

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