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Petition to Terminate Total Disability Benefits for Claimant Who Had Light-duty Restrictions That Could Not Be Accommodated...

Bowman v. Allen Harim Foods, IAB No. 1541176 (Dec. 18, 2024) - On November 4, 2023, the claimant injured his left knee in a compensable work accident that required surgery to his patella. He had to switch doctors after his...more

Top 10 Developments in Delaware Workers’ Compensation in 2024

1.    The Delaware Supreme Court affirmed an Industrial Accident Board decision that concluded that a COVID-19 workplace exposure at a poultry processing plant did not qualify as a compensable occupational disease. Fowler v....more

Superior Court Affirms IAB Decision Enforcing Workers’ Compensation Settlement Agreement and Rejected Claimant’s Attorney’s...

Webb v. State of Delaware, 2024 WL 2077263 (Del. Super. May 9, 2024) - Mr. Webb workers’ compensation claim was denied, and he filed a petition with the Industrial Accident Board that sought acknowledgment of the accident,...more

Risk of Exposure to COVID-19 at Employer’s Poultry Processing Plant Was Not Distinct From That Attending Employment in General.

Fowler v. Perdue Farms, 2023 WL 6888918 (Del. Super. Oct. 18, 2023) - Mr. Fowler alleged that he suffered a compensable COVID-19 exposure while working as a “boxer” at a poultry processing plant. The Industrial Accident Board...more

Superior Court Affirms Decision Denying Claimant’s Petition for Increased Medical Bill Payments for Ketamine Infusions Under the...

Taylor v. State of Delaware, N22A-09-007 CLS (Del. Super. Ct. Aug. 14, 2023) - Ms. Taylor was injured in a compensable work accident on September 16, 2016. The injury later developed into Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS)...more

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