Baylor Evnen, LLP and Wolfe Snowden Hurd Ahl Sitzmann Tannehill & Hahn, LLP Announce Merger
Baylor Evnen, LLP and Wolfe Snowden Hurd Ahl Sitzmann Tannehill & Hahn, LLP Announce Merger New firm, Baylor Evnen Wolfe & Tannehill, LLP, is now the largest law firm fully located in Lincoln, Nebraska LINCOLN, NEBRASKA– January 09, 2023 Law firms Baylor...
NEBRASKA’S MAXIMUM WEEKLY BENEFIT RATE TO INCREASE TO $1,029.00
For work-related injuries and illnesses that occur on or after January 1, 2023, the new maximum weekly benefit rate under the Nebraska Workers’ Compensation Act will increase to $1,029.00. The Nebraska Workers’ Compensation Court announced the change on November 16,...
EMPLOYEE IS COMPENSATED INDUSTRIALLY UNDER SECTION 85.34(2)(v)
In Ocampo v. New Fashion Pork, LLP, an Iowa Workers’ Compensation Deputy Commissioner provided guidance on whether an employee’s permanent disability should be determined through a refiling proceeding. In Ocampo, the employee returned to work for the employer, but was...
DEPUTY COMMISSIONERS CONTINUE TO FOLLOW COMMISSIONER’S GUIDANCE IN MARTINEZ V. PAVLICH DESPITE ITS OVERRULING IN POLK COUNTY DISTRICT COURT
There has been much talk regarding an Iowa district court’s reversal of the Workers’ Compensation Commissioner’s finding in Martinez v. Pavlich. The Commissioner determined that an injured claimant must be compensated based on earning capacity when the claimant...