The Nebraska Supreme Court Issues Surprising Ruling on an Employee’s Entitlement to Penalties and Attorney’s Fees After the Employee Signs a Release
Traditionally, settlements of workers’ compensation claims under the Nebraska’s Workers’ Compensation Act required that the Court review lump sum settlement applications and then determine whether the...
What Constitutes a “Reasonable” Redirection of Care Under Iowa Law?
Under Iowa workers’ compensation law, the employer/insurer has the right and obligation to direct reasonable medical care for accepted work injuries. Therefore, absent an abandonment of care by the...
Practice Pointers Under Iowa Law For Timely Payment of Benefits and Avoidance of Allegations of Entitlement of Penalties.
Under Iowa Workers’ Compensation Law an employee may be entitled to penalty benefits if there has been a delay in payment without reasonable cause or excuse by the payor. I.C.A. §86.13. However, a...
The Nebraska Supreme Court Upholds the Exclusive Remedy Doctrine of the Workers’ Compensation Act in a Case Where an Employer Willfully Violated Multiple OSHA Safety Violations, Thus Causing the Tragic Death of One of its Employees.
On May, 31, 2013, in Estate of Teague v. Crossroads Co-Op Assn, 286 Neb. 1 (2013), the Nebraska Supreme Court upheld the exclusive remedy doctrine of the Workers’ Compensation Act in a case that probably...