The Workcomp Writer

MARCH 25, 2024

2d 283 (1996) ( Pittman )], it nevertheless reversed the Court of Appeals in the instant case, determining that neither the lower appellate court nor the state’s Industrial Commission had properly applied the test. The Commission ultimately consolidated plaintiff’s claims for a single hearing. 124, 468 S.E.2d 198, 873 S.E.2d

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The Workcomp Writer

MAY 24, 2022

Law § 114-a and that based on that misrepresentation, the worker should retroactively be barred from receiving workers’ compensation wage replacement benefits and further, should be prospectively disqualified from receiving future benefits [ Matter of Ali v. May 19, 2022)]. New York City Dept. LEXIS 3224 (3d Dept.

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Proskauer's Employee Benefits & Executive Compensa

OCTOBER 19, 2022

In September 2022, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco delivered remarks unveiling the Department of Justice’s revised corporate crime guidance to “prioritize and prosecute corporate crime.” To that end, Monaco emphasized that the DOJ will “reward” companies that claw back compensation from executives “when misconduct occurs.”

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Workers' Compensation Perspectives

JULY 4, 2024

The apparent rise in mental disability claims is a significant issue for disability insurers and workers’ compensation systems. The observed rise in workers’ compensation claims for mental injury must be interpreted in context. Claim data for 2022 is as of October 23, 2023. Data for 2020 is as of January 31, 2021.

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The Workcomp Writer

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

2022-NCCOA-595, 2022 N.C. Following a hearing on the claim, the Deputy Commissioner ordered that the employer pay TTD until Richards returned to work, until further order of the Industrial Commission, or until compensation was otherwise legally terminated. Harris Teeter, Inc. LEXIS (Sept. Appellate Court Decision.

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The Workcomp Writer

MARCH 12, 2024

97-44), the state’s Court of Appeals affirmed a decision by the North Carolina Industrial Commission denying an injured employee’s petition to receive a lump-sum payment related to her award of permanent and total disability (PTD) [ Blackwell v. 2d 612 (2022). Instruction/ Buncombe Cnty. . § 97-44 (2018). Instruction , 282 N.C.

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The Workcomp Writer

JANUARY 16, 2023

According to the National Conference of State Legislatures , as of February 3, 2022, 37 states 1 , the District of Columbia, and three U.S. denied , 2022 U.S. LEXIS 2970 (June 21, 2022); Musta v. denied , 2022 U.S. LEXIS 3046 (June 21, 2022). Introduction. 3d 825 (2021)]. Digger's Polaris , 965 N.W.2d

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The Workcomp Writer

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Personal Observation In 1977, I stood before the North Carolina Industrial Commission as a young workers’ compensation defense attorney, barely a year into practice, challenging a deputy commissioner’s credibility determination. It was my second appearance before the Full Commission, which consisted of three commissioners.

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Workers' Compensation Perspectives

MARCH 10, 2025

Her statement resonated with my own experience attending workers compensation conferences in each of the past five decades. Many of the issues facing workers compensation systems are perennial; the relative priority and details change with the times, but the themes are enduring.

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