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Workplace Injury Settlement Agreements

Marshall Dennehey

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

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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

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Beware of the Language Used in Your Settlement Agreements: Medicare Is Watching

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The workers’ compensation practitioner has now become a forced bedfellow of CMS, like it or not. If you fail to “issue spot” in relevant settlements, you will have problems. Reprinted with permission from the October 2,...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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Aspire Health Partners to Pay $115,000 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Lawsuit

Behavioral Health Care Organization Failed to Hire Former Employee Due to Her Prior Workplace Injury, Federal Agency Charged - TAMPA, Fla. – Aspire Health Partners, a non-profit behavioral health care organization...more

Best Best & Krieger LLP

Doing Business in 2020: California’s New Workplace Legislation

Part 1: New Labor & Employment Laws Impacting California’s Public and Private Entities - California lawmakers passed a range of employment laws last year aimed to extend benefits and workplace protections to more workers and...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Reminder: New California Employment Laws Going Into Effect January 1, 2020

• Numerous new California laws going into effect on January 1, 2020, will impact employers and employees. • The most significant laws include a new employee classification law, extension of the statute of limitations for...more

Tucker Arensberg, P.C.

Commonwealth Court: Workers’ Compensation Settlement Not Binding on Medical Care Provider Who Was Not Party to the Agreement

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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

Robinson & Cole LLP

Data Privacy + Cybersecurity Insider - February 2019

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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Team (US-CERT) recently issued an advisory outlining three vulnerabilities of Drager Infinity Delta patient monitoring devices. The...more

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Web Exclusive: March 2018: The Top 13 Labor And Employment Law Stories

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It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there were an unprecedented number of changes all through 2017. And if the first three months...more

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC

Workers’ Compensation Settlements: Are You Protected Against Future Employment Claims?

Picture this. You have just settled a problem workers’ compensation case and you or your carrier have disbursed settlement checks totaling $100,000 in exchange for a full and complete compromise and release of “any and all...more

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OSHA Settlement May Point Direction on Injury Reporting Policies

Earlier this year, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) signaled an intention to take employers to task for maintaining policies that required employees to immediately report workplace injuries and...more

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