The Chartwell Chronicles: New Jersey Attorney Fees
The Chartwell Chronicles: New Jersey Caselaw Updates
The Chartwell Chronicles: FAQs & Hot Topics
The Chartwell Chronicles: Second Injury Fund
The Chartwell Chronicles: Release & Resignation
Detecting Fraud in New Jersey Workers' Compensation
The Chartwell Chronicles: New Jersey Workers’ Comp Alert
Legislative Update: Cannabis, COVID-19, COMAR and More
A General Overview of Maryland Workers' Compensation
Settlement and Mediation Strategy
Maryland Case Law Update During the Pandemic
Mitigating Indemnity Exposure
Current Hot Topics in Workers' Compensation in Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia
The Course and Scope of Employment
How to Properly Use the Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Bureau Forms
An Overview of South Carolina Workers' Compensation
An Overview of New Jersey Workers' Compensation
An Overview of Massachusetts Workers' Compensation
Workers' Compensation Academy: 2020: A Unique Year in Many Ways Including Changes in New Jersey Workers’ Compensation
In Episode 28 of The Chartwell Chronicles, hosts Colin Davis and Brittany Atkinson discuss recent a number of New Jersey workers' compensation caselaw updates. Please make sure to like and subscribe to The Chartwell...more
The debate about shoulders and industrial disability has come to an end for now with the Iowa Supreme Court’s most recent decision, Bridgestone Americas, Inc. v. Anderson. The Court held that a work injury causing injuries to...more
Employer policies and employment decisions involving workers’ compensation can be tricky. We often receive calls to assist employers who are haunted by common misunderstandings. So, as a special Halloween treat this year, we...more
On October 11, 2023, Cranfill Sumner LLP held our annual Legal Summit, a virtual event featuring insightful presentations by our attorneys that focused on the latest legal developments in North Carolina. Presentations covered...more
In Episode 22 of The Chartwell Chronicles, host Colin Davis sits down to answer some of your questions and touch on hot topics in New Jersey workers' compensation. Subscribe on Spotify:...more
In Episode 19 of The Chartwell Chronicles, hosts Colin Davis and Brittany Atkinson are joined by special guest Leslie Whitten from our Charleston, SC office to discuss releases and resignations in workers' compensation...more
Join us for this episode where our partners Vanessa Mendelewski and Scott Wilson delve into an informative discussion about detecting fraud in New Jersey Workers' Compensation claims. Vanessa and Scott break down the New...more
In Episode 18 of The Chartwell Chronicles, hosts Colin Davis and Brittany Atkinson discuss recent New Jersey workers' compensation happenings. Topics of discussion include physician fee increases, discontinuances, statutes of...more
An Overview of Recent Decisions, Demonstrating the Board’s Continuing Attitude Toward 114-a - Key Takeaways - WCL 114-a gives the Board authority to disqualify a claimant from receipt of lost time benefits, “[i]f for...more
Key Takeaways - There’s been a significant increase the last month in Section 32 Agreements disapproved, or to which revisions have been demanded, due to a general release or resignation attendant to same. Until...more
Workers’ compensation claims are costly and can drag on for years. The average cost of a lost time claim (indemnity and medical only) in California has increased from $54,712 in 2018 to $58,843 in 2021, according to the...more
Canadian workers' compensation regimes are defined by the "historic tradeoff"—workers gain immediate and consistent benefits coverage under mandatory, no-fault statutory insurance schemes funded by employers and, in exchange,...more
Much has changed in the two-and-a-half years since March 2020, when most of the country went into lockdown due to COVID-19 and most businesses moved to remote work models. As a result of mass layoffs and employee absences due...more
In North Carolina, it is well established that when an idiopathic condition is the sole cause of the injury, the injury does not arise out of the employment and is not compensable. An idiopathic condition is defined as “one...more
1. WCL § 2(15): Occupational Disease - “The Nature of Employment” - Matter of Renko v. NY State Police, 185 AD3d 1198 (3d Dept 2020) - • Facts: Claimant, an auto body mechanic, alleged that he developed prostate cancer...more
Florida employers may be at risk of civil litigation if employees successfully circumvent the workers’ compensation scheme for COVID-19 related injury or death during the course and scope of their employment. In fact,...more
Update: Governor Newsom signed SB 1159 into law on September 17, 2020. In May, California Governor Newsom signed Executive Order N-62-20, which created a rebuttable presumption that certain employees who test positive for...more
Did an employee that trips and falls while cleaning laundry on a work trip sustain a compensable workers’ compensation injury? It is common for employees to be assigned to work outside of the office. Many times, such...more
On May 6, 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom issued Executive Order N-62-20, immediately creating a monumental change in how claims of industrially contracted COVID-19 suffered by the state’s “essential workforce” will be...more
A recent bill signed into law by Governor Murphy impacts disability awards for the hands and feet by raising the amount of compensation for same. The compensation for hand and foot injuries, which are relatively common...more