Last Friday, answering a question certified to it by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, the Supreme Court of Illinois held that under section 21 of the...
IL Supreme Court: Workers’ Compensation Settlement Proceeds Are Beyond Reach of Health Care Providers Who Treated the Worker IL Supreme Court: Workers’ Compensation Settlement Proceeds Are Beyond Reach of Health Care Providers Who Treated the WorkerWith the divorce rate for U.S. marriages hovering at almost 50 percent, courts and legislatures are called upon to weigh two conflicting rules related to workers’ compensation benefits when it...
How One State Bucked Trend of Allowing Former Spouse to Access Post-Divorce Workers’ Comp Benefits How One State Bucked Trend of Allowing Former Spouse to Access Post-Divorce Workers’ Comp BenefitsLongshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act disability benefits are subject to attachment by a worker’s former spouse, held a Pennsylvania court yesterday in Uveges v. Uveges, 2014 PA Super 251, 2014...
Pennsylvania Ex-Husband’s LHWCA Benefits Subject to Attachment by Former Spouse for Unpaid Alimony Pennsylvania Ex-Husband’s LHWCA Benefits Subject to Attachment by Former Spouse for Unpaid Alimony