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- Apr
- 2016
Alabama Settlements Soon to be Subject to Enhanced Medicaid Lien
The Medicaid Secondary Payer Act will take effect on October 1, 2016. The new law substantially expands state Medicaid recovery rights, and these changes will affect settlements o…
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- Mar
- 2016
BIG THINK IN THE BIG EASY
The following blog article is published with the permission of guest blogger, Brian Francis. Dateline: NEW ORLEANS- A few blocks from the commotion of New Orleans’ Bourbon Street…
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- Mar
- 2016
Alabama Supreme Court Holds that Employers Have Complete Immunity to Tort Claims and Employers’ Liability Act Claims when Workers’ Compensation Act Applies
On March 18, 2016, the Alabama Supreme Court issued a Writ of Mandamus to the Circuit Court of Jefferson County, in the case ofEx parte Rock Wool Manufacturing Company, directing …
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- Feb
- 2016
Proposed Alabama Legislation Seeks to Limit Liability for Permanent and Total Disability Benefits and Medical Benefits
On February 2, 2016, Alabama Republican Senators Orr, Sanford, Livingston, Scofield, Stutts and Melson introduced SB122. The bill seeks to revise sections of 25-5-57 to limit …
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- Feb
- 2016
Prior Injury can Become New Injury in Alabama when Permanently Aggravated
The Alabama Court of Civil Appeals recently released its decision in the case ofIn re: Henry Riley v. Reed Contracting Services, Inc. (Ala. Civ. App. January 29, 2016). In its opi…
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- Jan
- 2016
2016 Alabama Mileage Reimbursement Rate Update
Effective January 1, 2016, the standard mileage reimbursement rate for Alabama was decreased to 54 cents per mile.
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- Oct
- 2015
What the Alabama Employer Knows may Determine how the Occupational Disease Claim Goes
On October 16, 2015, The Alabama Court of Civil Appeals released its opinion in Anita Martin v. Austal USA, LLC. At the trial court level, the judge granted the employers moti…
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- Oct
- 2015
Owner-Operators Leased to a Common Carrier not Subject to Alabama Workers Compensation Act
On October 16, 2015, the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals released its opinion in Jenkins v. American Transport, Inc., reversing the trial court’s order granting summary judgmen…
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- Sep
- 2015
The Alabama Workers' Comp Blawg is Eight Years Old
Today the Alabama Workers' Comp Blawg celebrates another birthday. We would like to take this time to thank all of our readers who have helped to make http://www.alabamaworkerscom…
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- Sep
- 2015
Alabama Department of Labor Regulation Related to Erectile Dysfunction Does Not Override Statute Regarding Reasonable Necessity
Ex parte Ward International Released September 4, 2015 The Employer, Ward International, filed a Petition for Writ of Mandamus after the Circuit Court of Mobile County entered an…
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- Aug
- 2015
Alabama Workers' Compensation Rate Change
For all injuries occurring on and after July 1, 2015, the maximum workers' compensation payable was raised to $813 per week, and the minimum was raised to $224 per week. This chan…
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- Jul
- 2015
Sever Alabama Tort Claims from Adjoining Workers' Comp Claim for Quick Appeal
Imperial Aluminum-Scottsboro, LLC v. Taylor Released July 24, 2015 The employee filed suit against the employer asserting a workers' compensation claim, retaliatory discharge and…
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- Jul
- 2015
Alabama Judges Must Consider Issue of Vocational Loss for Non-Scheduled Injuries When Employee is Earning Less
The Alabama Court of Civil Appeals recently reversed an order based on a trial court's decision which only found the employee suffered a physical impairment to her shoulder and di…
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- Jun
- 2015
Alabama Employee's Estate Cannot Enforce Settlement Agreement that was not Court Approved Before Employee's Death
On June 26, 2015, the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals released its decision in Pat Tate as Administrator of the Estate of Michael Traffanstedt v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company a…
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- Jun
- 2015
Alabama Employer not Responsible for Medical Treatment of Injuries not Specified in Settlement Agreement
On June 26, 2015, the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals released its opinion in Todd Entrekin, Etowah County Sheriff v. Jerry Frederic Lasseter. At the trial court level, the emp…
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- Jun
- 2015
Alabama Court of Appeals Finds Inability to Return to Work is not Exception to Schedule
On June 19, 2014, the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals released its second opinion inGoodyear Tire & Rubber Co. v. Bush (). The first time around the Court of Appeals addressed …
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- Apr
- 2015
Misuse Of The Term Aggravation Causes Huge Overpayments In Workers' Compensation
The below article is re-published with permission from its author, John Geaney. It was originally published on April 9, 2015 on Mr. Geaney's New Jersey Workers' Comp Blog (http://…
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- Apr
- 2015
Alabama Workers' Compensation Reform Bill Not Likely to Pass
On April 2, 2015, Alabama Republican State Senators Del Marsh and Cam Ward submitted Senate Bill 330, which proposes drastic reforms to The Alabama Workers' Compensation Act. If t…
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- Mar
- 2015
Alabama Court Reverses Award of Attorney Fees Where Utilization Review Properly Followed
On March 20, 2015, the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals released its opinion in Good Hope Contracting Company, Inc. v. McCall wherein it upheld an order compelling medical treatment…
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- Mar
- 2015
Alabama Court of Appeals Reverses Trial Court's Order that Employer Pay for Knee Replacement
On February 27, 2015, the Alabama Court of Appeals released its decision in Ex parte Fairhope Health & Rehab, LLC. The facts of the case were as follows: The plaintiff, Lula D…
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