Bernice Bennett v. Jeld Wen, Inc. (WCAB); No. 1454 C.D. 2022; filed Oct. 6, 2023; President Judge Cohn Jubelirer (previously unreported and designated reported by Order dated Dec. 15, 2023) - The claimant settled a 2010 work...more
On August 7, 2019, the Commonwealth Court ruled that the defendant in a fully denied workers’ compensation claim cannot take certain actions through a no liability Compromise and Release Agreement, to prevent a medical...more
The Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court recently ruled that an employer cannot use a Compromise and Release Agreement (C&R) settling a Workers’ Compensation claim to avoid making payments to a medical care provider who rendered...more
This month’s key California employment law cases are from the California Supreme Court and from the California Court of Appeal. Janus v. American Fed’n of State, County, and Mun. Employees, Council 31, 138 S. Ct. 2448...more
On March 22, 2016, the Second District Court of Appeal, Division One, published its opinion in California Insurance Guarantee Assn. v. Workers’ Comp. Appeals Bd., No. B263869, Cal.App.4th, in which it determined that the WCAB...more