BEWT LEADS SUCCESSFUL LEGISLATIVE EFFORT TO PROTECT EMPLOYERS FROM UNINTENDED CLAIMS
Yesterday the Nebraska Unicameral gave final approval of a legislative bill which will protect employers and insurers from claims for significant benefits that were never intended to exist. Drafted by Dallas Jones and Eric Sutton for Nebraskans for Workers’...
SUPREME COURT RULES ON SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY UNDER PSTCA
In Simpson v. Lincoln Public Schools, a former LPS employee sued the District for wrongful discharge alleging that she was terminated because she filed a Workers’ Compensation claim. On appeal, the Nebraska Supreme Court offered a detailed analysis that, among other...
MAJOR CHANGES IN IOWA FOR HOW MULTIPLE SCHEDULED MEMBER INJURIES ARE COMPENSATED
On March 29, 2024, Iowa’s Supreme Court handed down an opinion in Anderson v. Bridgestone Americas, Inc. The seminal issue in the case had to do with how to compensate an employee who sustained both an arm and shoulder injury. Under the July 1, 2017 changes to the...
MAKENZIE FALCON HAS BEEN APPOINTED TO THE AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY NATIONAL COMMITTEE
Makenzie Falcon has been appointed as the 2024-2025 American Legion Auxiliary National Committee Girls Nation Chair (Northwestern Division). The American Legion Auxiliary is one of the nation’s largest veterans support organizations and consists of spouses,...