The Chartwell Chronicles: New Jersey Attorney Fees
The Chartwell Chronicles: New Jersey Caselaw Updates
What's the Tea in L&E? Injury or Disability: What's the Difference?
The Chartwell Chronicles: Understanding the Medicals
The Chartwell Chronicles: Florida Workers' Compensation
LFLM LAW with L.A.W - EPISODE 20 - Legal beginnings - A New Attorney’s Journey
The Chartwell Chronicles: FAQs & Hot Topics
The Chartwell Chronicles: Second Injury Fund
The Chartwell Chronicles: Release & Resignation
LFLM LAW with L.A.W - Are AMEs still the solution with Tanya Johnson, Attorney, San Francisco
Detecting Fraud in New Jersey Workers' Compensation
The Chartwell Chronicles: New Jersey Workers’ Comp Alert
LFLM LAW with L.A.W - Adjuster to Attorney
Risk Transfer, Employer Liability, and Grave Injuries: Who Is Going to Pay?
LFLM LAW with L.A.W - Remote Trials
The Chartwell Chronicles: Expanding Our Conversation
The Chartwell Chronicles: Medical Provider Claims
The Chartwell Chronicles: Total Temporary Disability
OSHA Recordkeeping Regulations: Understanding the Fine Print
American Airlines Group; American Airlines and Sedgwick CMS v. Alejandro Lopez, DCA#: 23-0379; May 22, 2024 - This claim involved a compensable accident date of August 8, 2019, where the employer/carrier provided benefits....more
Now that the California legislative session is essentially over and Governor Newsom has taken action to either approve or veto all the workplace law bills on his desk, employers can take stock on all the new laws that will...more
It is that time of year again, when California Governor Gavin Newsom considers a number of bills that need to be signed by September 30, 2024, in order to take effect. Several of those bills would impact California employers,...more
What is a Personal Injury Case? As we explain below, California law imposes a two-year statute of limitations for personal injury cases. Initially, it helps that you understand the nature of a personal injury case....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
After being injured on the job or diagnosed with a work-related illness, workers may face financial challenges such as unexpected medical bills or wages lost by missing work while recovering. Fortunately, Delaware law...more
In the past two years, there have been many interesting and impactful appellate decisions in North Carolina Workers’ Compensation law. Going into 2023, we wanted to flag the following...more
Ocean Wholesale Nursery LLC, the respondent, appealed from an order denying its motion to dismiss Donald Servais's, the petitioner, workers' compensation petition and from a final judgment awarding the petitioner $75,516.00....more
Petitioner Gary Streeper appealed his November 8, 2019, Order which dismissed his Application for Review or Modification of a compensation award on the basis it was untimely filed. The order was vacated and remanded....more
In City of Allentown v. WCAB (Bryant, Jr.) No. 593 C.D. 2020, a recent Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court decision affirmed the WCJs denial of a Petition to Terminate, as employer failed to prove that claimant was fully...more
House Bill 81 goes into effect on September 15, 2020, and it includes major changes to Ohio’s workers’ compensation laws. Below are a few of the more significant changes employers need to know...more
When must an Employer’s First Report of Injury be filed? The employer must submit information about the injury to the insurance carrier within five (5) days of the employee's notice of injury. ...more
On January 16, 2020, the New Mexico Supreme Court issued its decision in Mendoza v. Isleta Resort and Casino, holding that a tribe does not waive its sovereign immunity to workers’ compensation claims merely by committing in...more
• 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
Seyfarth Synopsis: Last week, Governor Brown signed into law Assembly Bill No. 2334, Occupational Injuries and Illness, Employer Reporting Requirements, and Electronic Submission....more
Beginning in 2019, employers in California will now be on the hook for recordkeeping violations well beyond the six-month statute of limitations. Bill Number AB 2334 (Occupational injuries and illnesses: employer reporting...more
Wisconsin’s exclusive remedy of worker’s compensation has long been a bulwark against civil suits brought by employees (subject to a few narrow exceptions not applicable here). This bulwark has survived a creative attack in...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: OSHA has rescinded its midnight rule, adopted by the outgoing Administration in December 2016 which attempted to end run the federal court’s decision in Volks that limits the statute of limitations on...more
On Monday, April 3, 2017, President Trump signed a Congressional Review Act resolution, passed by the House on March 1 and by the Senate on March 22, that disapproves of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s...more
On March 22, 2017, the Senate, by a vote of 50-48, passed a House of Representatives’ resolution which overturned the OSHA Rule seeking to expand the statute of limitations period for citations it issues to employers. ...more
On March 22, 2017, the U.S. Senate passed a measure to revoke OSHA’s modification to the six-month statute of limitations for recordkeeping violations. Under the Obama Administration, OSHA issued a new rule to extend the...more
The House of Representatives has voted to block a new Occupational Safety and Health Administration recordkeeping rule implemented in the last weeks of the Obama Administration. “Clarification of Employer’s Continuing...more
An appellate court one level below the Supreme Court of the United States, and highly respected in the field of administrative law, recently held that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) interpretation...more
Supreme Court Advance Release Opinions: SC19516 - Doe v. Boy Scouts of America Corp. SC19516 Concurrence - Doe v. Boy Scouts of America Corp. SC19516 Concurrence - Doe v. Boy Scouts of America Corp. ...more
The August 2016 edition of Employment Flash covers a number of developments, including the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on when the clock starts ticking on the filing period for constructive discharge claims; the Department of...more