- 01
- Jul
- 2024
Alabama Workers’ Compensation Rate Change Effective July 1, 2024
As of July 1, 2024, the maximum workers’ compensation payable is increased to $1,130.00 per week and the minimum is increased to $311.00 per week. The memorandum regarding the new…
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- Jun
- 2022
“Workers’ Compensation Emerging Issues Analysis” is a Must Read for Workers’ Compensation Practitioners
For those of you who follow national trends and hot issues regarding workers’ compensation, I highly recommend the 2021 LexisNexis book entitled “Workers Compensation Emerging Iss…
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- Jan
- 2022
SUPREME COURT ADOPTS PERMANENT RULE REGARDING WORKERS’ COMPENSATION SETTLEMENTS
On December 30, 2021, the Supreme Court of Alabama adopted Rule 47 of the Alabama Rules of Judicial Administration, providing that a Circuit Court shall dismiss any pending actio…
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- Feb
- 2021
The Bridge that Isn't
The following blog article is published with the permission of guest blogger, Judge David Langham. It was originally published on Judge Langham’s blog, Florida Workers’ Com…
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- Sep
- 2020
The Alabama Workers’ Compensation Blawg Turns 13
In a year that has given us a global pandemic, violent demonstrations and protests, wildfires, locust swarms, murder hornets, and devastating hurricanes, it is appropriate t…
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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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- Oct
- 2011
Accident Caused By Answering Cell Phone While Driving Deemed Compensable in Virginia
A hospice nurse in Virginia was recently awarded workers’ compensation benefits after she was involved in a motor vehicle accident while on call. The hospice nurse worked on call …
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- Apr
- 2011
Driving Distracted Should be a Safety Rule Violation
It may come as a surprise to many, but driving while using a cell phone delays a driver’s reaction time as much as a blood alcohol concentration of 0.08 percent, the highest legal…
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- Jun
- 2010
Going In-Depth with the Laws Governing Injured Oil Spill Workers Claims
As we mentioned in our previous post, injured workers’ claims arising out of the oil spill cleanup will be governed by three sets of laws: the Jones Act, the Longshore and Harbor …
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- Jun
- 2010
OIL SPILL LIKELY TO LEAD TO FUTURE WORKERS COMPENSATION CLAIMS
On April 20, 2010, Transocean’s Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded, leading to 1.3 million gallons of crude oil leaking into the Gulf of Mexico per day. By comparison, the Ex…
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