Author: Daniel Sullivan
District Court Allows Jones Act Matter to Proceed
Plaintiff filed a Jones Act complaint in United States District Court, Northern District of Mississippi. Plaintiff alleged that he was severely injured during a... More
HHS Releases Medicare “Low-Dollar” Threshold Calculations
Recently, the United States Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) released a new report to Congress to explain data that the Centers for... More
Eastern District of Louisiana Excludes Pre-Trial Surveillance for Failure to Disclose
Plaintiff filed a Jones Act claim against several defendants, including barge drilling contractor, Baywater Drilling, LLC (“Baywater”) and oil services company Frank’s International, LLC... More
Study Links Obesity to High Workers’ Compensation Costs
A study published in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, a publication of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, reported that... More
Court Invokes Detrimental Reliance Theory in Finding Employment Relationship
In a recent opinion published by the Louisiana Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, the appellate court affirmed a finding of an employer-employee... More
NCCI Publishes Study on Cost of Prescription Drugs
The National Council on Compensation Insurance (“NCCI”) recently published an updated study that quantified the high cost of prescription medication in workers’ compensation claims. NCCI... More
Office of the General Counsel Issues Memorandum on Employee Classifications
The U.S. Department of Labor issued revisions to its “white collar” exemptions to minimum wage and overtime requirements. This has prompted the Office of... More
Ninth Circuit Denies Concurrent Compensation to DBA Claimant
In this claim for benefits brought under the Defense Base Act as an extension of the Longshore & Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, Claimant alleged... More
Police Officer’s Appeal For PTD Benefits Dismissed for Lack of Jurisdiction
In January 2013, a Bogalusa police officer was injured in the course of his employment when his gun got caught on the steering wheel... More
Third Circuit Affirms OWC Judge’s Finding of Fraud
In January 2014, Claimant injured her neck while using a nail gun to build a shipping crate in the course of her employment. Employer... More