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On December 13, 2024, the North Carolina Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision on extended compensation benefits that is favorable to employers and workers’ compensation insurance carriers. To be entitled to extended...more
Can an injured worker receive benefits past the 500-week cap in North Carolina? If your first answer was no, then you have come to the right place!...more
Under the North Carolina Workers’ Compensation Act, the total loss of a member or loss of vision is a compensable injury....more
With respect to workplace injuries, The North Carolina Workers’ Compensation Act is a legislative fix to a common law problem. The Act is sometimes called “the grand compromise” because it was crafted so as to balance the...more
In Betts v. North Carolina Department Of Health And Human Services – Cherry Hospital (No. Coa22-324), the North Carolina Court of Appeals has remanded the case to the full commission for further proceedings, finding that the...more
On June 5, 2023, Substitute Bill No. 913 was enacted as Public Act (PA) No. 23-35, “An Act Expanding Workers’ Compensation Coverage for Post-Traumatic Stress Injuries for All Employees.”...more
In Yoder v. McCarthy Constr., Inc., 2023 Pa. Super. LEXIS 36 the Pennsylvania Superior Court recently denied a $5.59 million verdict to an injured worker. When Jason Yoder fell through a hole in the roof while doing repairs...more
Register Today For Cranfill Sumner’s 2021 Virtual Continuing Education Seminar: Workers’ Compensation & Civil Litigation Law Updates...more
Will COVID-19 end the exclusive remedy provision in the Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Act? Workers' Compensation partners, Christian (Chris) A. Davis and Sherri L. Dougherty explore how COVID-19 exposure in the workplace...more
Chartwell Law's Adam J. Harrison, Esq. and Jamie Spiller Kaplan, Esq. present this informative webinar addressing the fundamentals of Connecticut workers' compensation and cover: • Defining work related injuries, types of...more
Join our attorneys as they present information regarding COVID-19 and how it could affect workers' compensation legislation and reduce regulations in Pennsylvania. Stay tuned for future updates....more
As we head into the busy holiday season, employers may be faced with having to request uncommon tasks of their employees in order to meet high demands associated with this time of year. If these tasks occur while traveling...more
New York’s Workers’ Compensation Law, as it stands, permits an injured worker to treat with any physician authorized by the Chair of the Workers’ Compensation Board to render medical care as provided under the Medical...more
Valley Stairs and Rails v. WCAB (Parsons), No. 110 C.D. (Cmwlth Ct. 2019) - In Valley Stairs, the Commonwealth Court addressed the issue of the date a claimant’s workers’ compensation benefits become payable, under Section...more
What should a Pennsylvania employer do when an employee seeks workers’ compensation benefits after injuring himself by engaging in risky behavior at work? ...more
On Monday, May 8, 2017, Jefferson County Circuit Court Judge Pat Ballard unexpectedly ruled that the Alabama Workers’ Compensation Act is unconstitutional. Specifically, Judge Ballard found the $220 per week cap on workers’...more