Court Case Update, South Carolina - August 2024 | | https://www.ncci.com/Articles/Pages/Insights_CourtCase_Update_SC_August2024.aspx | Court Case Update, South Carolina - August 2024 | Annializ Lima Hevia and Adam Levell | | August 19, 2024 | The Supreme Court of South Carolina clarified the statutory review process for workers compensation claims. | Article |
Court Case Update Mississippi - July 2024 | | https://www.ncci.com/Articles/Pages/Insights_CourtCase_Update_MS_July2024.aspx | Court Case Update Mississippi - July 2024 | Annializ Lima Hevia and Adam Levell | | July 17, 2024 | The Supreme Court of Mississippi ruled that the Mississippi Workers’ Compensation Act does not allow an insurer to rescind a workers compensation policy from the moment of its inception based on an employer’s material misrepresentation. | Article |
Court Case Update, West Virginia - June 2024 | | https://www.ncci.com/Articles/Pages/Insights_CourtCase_Update_WV_June2024.aspx | Court Case Update, West Virginia - June 2024 | Annializ Lima Hevia and Adam Levell | | June 26, 2024 | The Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia explained the proper benefit apportionment method when a WC claimant has pre-existing impairments to multiple body parts and later sustains new compensable injuries affecting those same body parts. | Article |
Court Case Update, Colorado, Nebraska, and West Virginia - May 2024 | | https://www.ncci.com/Articles/Pages/Insights_CourtCase-May2024.aspx | Court Case Update, Colorado, Nebraska, and West Virginia - May 2024 | Annializ Lima Hevia and Adam Levell | | May 21, 2024 | NCCI provides an update on court decisions in Colorado, Nebraska, and West Virginia that may impact workers compensation in those states. | Article |
Court Case Update Countrywide - April 2024 | | https://www.ncci.com/Articles/Pages/Insights_CourtCase-Update-Countrywide-Apr2024.aspx | Court Case Update Countrywide - April 2024 | Adam Levell and Annializ Lima Hevia | | April 18, 2024 | NCCI’s Countrywide Court Case Update provides a look at some of the cases and decisions monitored by NCCI’s Legal Team that may impact workers compensation across the states. | Article |
Court Case Update, Iowa, Idaho, and New Mexico – April 2024 | | https://www.ncci.com/Articles/Pages/Insights-Court-Case-Update-April-2024.aspx | Court Case Update, Iowa, Idaho, and New Mexico – April 2024 | Annializ Lima Hevia and Adam Levell | | April 16, 2024 | NCCI provides an update on court decisions in Idaho, Iowa, and New Mexico that may impact workers compensation in those states. | Article |
Court Case Update, Maryland and North Carolina - April 2024 | | https://www.ncci.com/Articles/Pages/Insights-CourtCaseApril2024.aspx | Court Case Update, Maryland and North Carolina - April 2024 | Adam Levell and Annializ Lima Hevia | | April 02, 2024 | NCCI provides an update on court decisions in Maryland and North Carolina that may impact workers compensation in those states. | Article |
Court Case Update, Oklahoma - January 2024 | | https://www.ncci.com/Articles/Pages/Insights-CourtCaseJan2024.aspx | Court Case Update, Oklahoma - January 2024 | NCCI Insights | | January 09, 2024 | The Supreme Court of Oklahoma addressed a question related to the cap on PPD benefits when a claimant has not yet reached 100% impairment. | Article |
Court Case Update, Maryland - December 2023 | | https://www.ncci.com/Articles/Pages/Insights-CourtCaseDec2023.aspx | Court Case Update, Maryland - December 2023 | Adam Levell and Annializ Lima Hevia | | December 08, 2023 | The appellate Court of Maryland considered whether workers compensation exclusive remedy bars wrongful death lawsuit brought by an employee's nondependent child. | Article |
Court Case Update, West Virginia - November 2023 | | https://www.ncci.com/Articles/Pages/Insights-CourtCaseNov2023-WV.aspx | Court Case Update, West Virginia - November 2023 | Adam Levell and Annializ Lima Hevia | | November 28, 2023 | The Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia clarified that the increased-risk test may be used to determine whether injuries sustained by employees engaged in a neutral risk activity are compensable under workers compensation. | Article |
Top 10 Appellate Decisions During the 100 Years of NCCI | | https://www.ncci.com/Articles/Pages/Insights-Top10-Appellate-Decisions-During-100Yrs-NCCI.aspx | Top 10 Appellate Decisions During the 100 Years of NCCI | Thomas A. Robinson, J.D., M.Div. | | November 14, 2023 | In celebration of NCCI’s 100 years of service to the workers compensation system, this report highlights and discusses some of the truly significant workers compensation appellate decisions that have been handed down since 1923. | Article |
Court Case Update, Florida - November 2023 | | https://www.ncci.com/Articles/Pages/Insights-CourtCaseNov2023-FL.aspx | Court Case Update, Florida - November 2023 | Adam Levell and Annializ Lima Hevia | | November 01, 2023 | A Florida appellate court addressed whether the spouse of a deceased firefighter could receive workers compensation death benefits in addition to other statutory benefits that are available to firefighters diagnosed with cancer. | Article |
Court Case Update, Kentucky - October 2023 | | https://www.ncci.com/Articles/Pages/Insights-CourtCaseOct2023-KY.aspx | Court Case Update, Kentucky - October 2023 | Adam Levell and Annializ Lima Hevia | | October 04, 2023 | The Supreme Court of Kentucky addressed when a claimant should notify the employer of an impending coal workers’ pneumoconiosis claim. | Article |
Court Case Update, Idaho - September 2023 | | https://www.ncci.com/Articles/Pages/Insights-CourtCaseSept2023-ID.aspx | Court Case Update, Idaho - September 2023 | Adam Levell and Annializ Lima Hevia | | September 27, 2023 | The Supreme Court of Idaho considered the issue of statutory employer immunity and third-party tort liability. | Article |
Court Case Update, Delaware and Kentucky - September 2023 | | https://www.ncci.com/Articles/Pages/Insights-CourtCaseSept2023-DE-KY.aspx | Court Case Update, Delaware and Kentucky - September 2023 | Adam Levell and Annializ Lima Hevia | | September 08, 2023 | NCCI provides an update on court decisions in Delaware and Kentucky that may impact workers compensation in those states. | Article |
Court Case Update, Oregon - August 2023 | | https://www.ncci.com/Articles/Pages/Insights-CourtCaseAug2023-OR.aspx | Court Case Update, Oregon - August 2023 | Adam Levell and Annializ Lima Hevia | | August 22, 2023 | The Court of Appeals of Oregon, for the first time, reviewed the standard that should be applied when employers seek to rebut the WC presumption that a firefighter’s contraction of certain types of cancer are caused by the employment. | Article |
Court Case Update, Michigan - August 2023 | | https://www.ncci.com/Articles/Pages/Insights-CourtCaseAug2023-MI.aspx | Court Case Update, Michigan - August 2023 | Adam Levell and Annializ Lima Hevia | | August 03, 2023 | The Michigan Supreme Court adopted a new test to determine compensability for mental injuries. | Article |
Court Case Update, Oregon, California and Idaho - July 2023 | | https://www.ncci.com/Articles/Pages/Insights_CourtCase_Update-OR-CA-ID-Jul2023.aspx | Court Case Update, Oregon, California and Idaho - July 2023 | Adam Levell and Annializ Lima Hevia | | July 17, 2023 | NCCI provides an update on court decisions in Oregon, California and Idaho that may impact workers compensation in those states. | Article |
Court Case Update Countrywide - April 2023 | | https://www.ncci.com/Articles/Pages/Insights_CourtCase-Update-Countrywide-Apr2023.aspx | Court Case Update Countrywide - April 2023 | Adam Levell and Annializ Lima Hevia | | April 25, 2023 | NCCI’s Countrywide Court Case Update provides a look at some of the cases and decisions monitored by NCCI’s Legal Team that may impact workers compensation across the states. | Article |
Court Case Update, Pennsylvania - March 2023 | | https://www.ncci.com/Articles/Pages/Insights-CourtCaseMar2023-PA.aspx | Court Case Update, Pennsylvania - March 2023 | Adam Levell and Annializ Lima Hevia | | March 24, 2023 | The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania considered whether an employer or workers compensation carrier may be required to reimburse an injured claimant for medical marijuana treatment costs. | Article |
Court Case Update, Kentucky - March 2023 | | https://www.ncci.com/Articles/Pages/Insights-CourtCaseMar2023-KY.aspx | Court Case Update, Kentucky - March 2023 | Adam Levell and Annializ Lima Hevia | | March 02, 2023 | The Supreme Court of Kentucky adopted for the first time the economic realities test to determine whether a worker is an employee or an independent contractor for purposes of workers compensation. | Article |
Court Case Update: Looking Back at 2022 | | https://www.ncci.com/Articles/Pages/Insights-CourtCase-Looking-Back-2022.aspx | Court Case Update: Looking Back at 2022 | Adam Levell and Annializ Lima Hevia | | February 06, 2023 | Provides a look at some of the cases and decisions monitored by NCCI’s Legal Team in 2022, which may impact and shape the future of workers compensation across the states. | Article |
Court Case Update, Montana - January 2023 | | https://www.ncci.com/Articles/Pages/Insights_CourtCase-Update-MT-Jan2023.aspx | Court Case Update, Montana - January 2023 | Adam Levell and Annializ Lima Hevia | | January 13, 2023 | The Supreme Court of Montana clarified the permanent partial disability (PPD) benefit rate calculation for employees with concurrent jobs. | Article |
Court Case Update, Arizona - December 2022 | | https://www.ncci.com/Articles/Pages/Insights_CourtCase-Update-AZ-Dec2022.aspx | Court Case Update, Arizona - December 2022 | NCCI Insights | | December 01, 2022 | The Supreme Court of Arizona upheld the constitutionality of a WC statute that limits WC claims for mental illnesses. | Article |
Court Case Update, Countrywide - November 2022 | | https://www.ncci.com/Articles/Pages/Insights_CourtCase-Update-Countrywide-Nov2022.aspx | Court Case Update, Countrywide - November 2022 | NCCI Insights | | November 17, 2022 | NCCI’s Countrywide Court Case Update provides a look at some of the cases and decisions monitored by NCCI’s Legal Team that may impact workers compensation (WC) across the states. | Article |