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 ...