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Delaware Superior Court reverses and remands Industrial Accident Board’s decision involving a Utilization Review appeal because it was unclear whether the Board had correctly applied the relevant Delaware Healthcare Practice Guidelines.
Mr. Baxter was injured when he fell from a ladder on May 28, 2019, while working as a fiber optic cable installer. He had multiple injuries, one of which was to the left knee.
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First District Court finds that judge of compensation claims abused his discretion in rejecting terms of employment contract as the contract expressly provided claimant would receive his salary only during the five-month championship playing season.
The claimant signed a seven-year Minor League Uniform Contract. Per the contract, his salary at the time of his accident was $1,500 per month to be paid over the five-month championship playing season.
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Because plaintiff’s reason for remaining at defendant’s premises was purely personal and location of accident was not determinative, Appellate Division reversed and vacated the order granting summary judgment to defendant.
The plaintiff was a Certified Nursing Assistant working for Hackensack University Medical Center (HUMC) on the date of the incident.
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Appellate Division finds that petitioner failed to sustain her burden of proving that her need for treatment was related to work incident, thus, denial of her motion for medical and temporary benefits was affirmed.
The petitioner appealed a workers’ compensation order denying her motion for medical and temporary benefits. By way of background, she worked as a teacher, and on July 6, 2021, a male student kicked her in her left breast.
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A workers’ compensation judge did not abuse his discretion in finding that decedent was in an ongoing employment relationship with defendant at the time of death and was not a borrowed servant at the time of his fatality.
This case involved two companies involved in coal mining operations, West Spring and Reading Anthracite Company (RAC). The decedent was employed by West Spring as an equipment operator, but he had been scheduled to be laid off.
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Court reverses Appeal Board ruling on an entitlement to reinstate benefits as of date claimant returned LIBC-760 form to employer, as benefits were in suspension status because of a judge’s prior decision, not for claimant’s failure to return the form.
This case involves multiple intertwined rounds of litigation. The claimant was a firefighter who sustained injuries in May 2004, when he fell in a stairwell while pulling down a ceiling in a burning building.
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