A workers' compensation claim allows an injured employee to collect benefits in case of an on-the-job injury, including medical benefits as well as indemnity payments for time lost from work. During ...

The majority in a 2-1 split Commonwealth Court decision determined that a workers' compensation judge's review of a claimant's impairment rating evaluation should have taken into account work ...

According to researchers, the study's findings were counterintuitive: Claimants with higher disability ratings – which suggest higher severity and less ability to work – fared better than those with ...

What seemed like a simple story has become much more complicated, and we need your help. In 2017, the chief actuary of the main insurance industry rate-setting corporation for workers' compensation ...

If you experience an injury at work, the amount of compensation you receive depends on which impairment rating system is used, according to research from McMaster University and the Netherlands. The ...

Cuiellette v. City of Los Angeles (April 22, 2011) cautions employers that when an employee has been rated as 100% disabled for workers’ compensation purposes, the employer is not relieved of its ...

CHAPEL HILL -- A study of settlement decisions in workers' compensation claims for low back pain has found almost no relationship between the rating of the disability's severity when the claim was ...

Hamilton, ON (December 12, 2018) - If you experience an injury at work, the amount of compensation you receive depends on which impairment rating system is used, according to research from McMaster ...

For marine contractor Dutra Group, the $8.9-million pier substructure repair project put out to bid by the Port of San Francisco last year fit precisely in the company’s sweet spot. As did other ...

Ross Amato is a property and casualty consultant with Knight-Dik Insurance Agency, Inc. in Worcester. He can be reached at [email protected]. For anyone owning a construction company, workers’ comp ...