UPDATED AS OF APRIL 7 | 2023 NEBRASKA WORKERS’ COMPENSATION LEGISLATIVE UPDATE
Visit the most recent legislative update here. Each year, Baylor Evnen Wolfe & Tannehill, LLP actively monitors and reports regarding workers’ compensation legislation that impacts our clients. Since our initial legislative update, the Nebraska Legislature’s...
AN EMPLOYEE’S COMPROMISE SETTLEMENT FUND DOES NOT BAR SUBSEQUENT CLAIMS FOR BENEFITS AGAINST THEIR EMPLOYER
In Milbrandt v. R.R. Donnelly, the Iowa Workers’ Compensation Commissioner reversed the decision of the Deputy Commissioner, and found that a compromise settlement agreement entered into with the Second Injury Fund by an employee does not deprive the agency of...
RECAP ON PROPOSED CHANGES TO IOWA WORKERS’ COMPENSATION LAWS DURING THE 89TH AND 90TH GENERAL ASSEMBLIES
Each year, Baylor Evnen Wolfe & Tannehill, LLP actively monitors and reports regarding workers’ compensation legislation that impacts our clients. With the 89th General Assembly now closed, we want to provide our clients with a recap of the workers’ compensation...
SHOULDER INJURIES DO NOT TRIGGER SECOND INJURY FUND LIABILITY IN IOWA
In West v. Second Injury Fund of Iowa, the Iowa Workers’ Compensation Commissioner affirmed that a shoulder injury does not trigger Second Injury Fund liability under Section 85.64. Section 85.64 of the Iowa Code provides that three requirements must be met in order...