Texas Workers’ Compensation Commissioner Jeff Nelson appointed Matthew Posey to serve as deputy commissioner of operations and external relations for the Division of Workers’ Compensation.
A Louisiana appellate court upheld the denial of a worker’s request for indemnity benefits for a shoulder injury but ruled that his employer was liable
A divided Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled that the statutory cap of 350 weeks of permanent partial disability benefits did not bar a worker from receiving additional
A Texas appellate court upheld a jury’s finding that a worker had been terminated in retaliation for filing a workers’ compensation claim, and it upheld
Retired Lubbock firefighter Matt Dawson, who suffered a traumatic brain injury in 2020 and was the inspiration for a bill to expand eligibility for lifetime
The Kentucky Court of Appeals ruled that a worker with a cumulative trauma injury was entitled to a statutory three-times multiplier of his award based on