Workers’ Compensation
Internal Revenue Service Issues 2019 Optional Standard Mileage Rates
The Internal Revenue Service has issued the 2019 optional standard mileage rates used to calculate the deductible costs of operating an automobile for business,... More
Workers’ Compensation Rates Continue to Decrease in Louisiana
Louisiana Workforce Commission (“LWC”) reported that workers’ compensation rates will decrease, beginning on May 1, 2019, in light of The National Council on Compensation... More
Recent Development in Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Law: First Circuit Rules on the Barber Case
In an effort to keep our clients apprised of recent developments in Louisiana workers’ compensation law, the following explains the 17-page Barber decision, which was... More
Collateral Source Rule Applies to Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Insurance Payments—or Does It?
In a personal injury case, the collateral-source rule bars a tortfeasor, a defendant, from reducing his liability by the amount the plaintiff recovers from... More
Louisiana GAME ON Task Force Working to End Misclassification of Workers
GAME ON, an acronym for Government Against Misclassified Employees Operational Network, has had some significant successes recently. The Louisiana statewide, multi-agency task force was... More
Felony Charges for Workers’ Compensation Fraud in Texas
Two individuals from Texas pleaded no contest to felony charges of engaging in organized criminal activity involving workers’ compensation healthcare fraud. The charges were... More
The Extent of Employers’ Obligations to Employees Continues to be Dynamic
From a defense perspective, the most common concern with defending a workers’ compensation claim is not whether the employee is entitled to benefits, but... More
Recent Studies Show Surge in Black Lung Disease
Researchers from the University of Chicago recently released a study that confirmed that more coal miners in central Appalachia have suffered from black lung... More
Court Declines to Apply “Coming and Going” Rule
It is axiomatic that under most modern workers’ compensation regimes, an employee has the right to recover workers’ compensation benefits when injured by an... More
Bureau of Labor Statistics Reports on Median Earnings
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the median weekly earnings of the United States’s 114.9 million full-time workers were $859 for the third... More