Tag: temporary total disability

Sep 12, 2022

Virginia Worker’s Post-Injury Decision to be “Off-Work” Due to COVID-19 Sinks TTD Claim

A Virginia part-time employee, who was able to work without restrictions for three months, following a work-related injury, and who then was “taken off work” by his cardiologist because of...

Virginia Worker’s Post-Injury Decision to be “Off-Work” Due to COVID-19 Sinks TTD Claim Virginia Worker’s Post-Injury Decision to be “Off-Work” Due to COVID-19 Sinks TTD Claim
Apr 19, 2022

NY Court Disapproves of Board’s Retroactive Disqualification for Lack of Labor Market Attachment

Reversing a portion of a decision by the New York Workers’ Compensation Board, a state appellate court stressed that the appropriate date of a finding of no labor market attachment...

NY Court Disapproves of Board’s Retroactive Disqualification for Lack of Labor Market Attachment NY Court Disapproves of Board’s Retroactive Disqualification for Lack of Labor Market Attachment
Oct 16, 2020

NY Court Affirms Abandonment of Labor Market Finding in Spite of Medical Opinion as to Disability

In spite of the fact that a New York employee sustained an admitted work-related injury–she was hit by falling scaffolding–and her physician offered an unrebutted medical opinion that she was...

NY Court Affirms Abandonment of Labor Market Finding in Spite of Medical Opinion as to Disability NY Court Affirms Abandonment of Labor Market Finding in Spite of Medical Opinion as to Disability
May 28, 2020

Divided NY Appellate Court Finds Claimant's Need of Surgery Insufficient to Show Worsening Condition

In a divided decision, a New York appellate court recently affirmed a Board determination that a claimant, who had earlier been awarded PPD benefits and whose condition apparently worsened so...

Divided NY Appellate Court Finds Claimant's Need of Surgery Insufficient to Show Worsening Condition Divided NY Appellate Court Finds Claimant's Need of Surgery Insufficient to Show Worsening Condition
Jun 2, 2014

Wyoming Court Says Division’s Rule Setting Arbitrary Limitation on TTD Benefits Is Invalid

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 27–14–404 limits awards of TTD benefits to twenty-four months, but gives the Wyoming Worker’s Safety and Compensation Division (the Division) discretionary authority to extend the time...

Wyoming Court Says Division’s Rule Setting Arbitrary Limitation on TTD Benefits Is Invalid Wyoming Court Says Division’s Rule Setting Arbitrary Limitation on TTD Benefits Is Invalid