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June 19, 2024
eNotes: Workers’ Compensation – June 2024 – Virginia
VIRGINIA LEGISLATIVE UPDATE Amendment to Statute Addressing Claims by Healthcare Providers for Payment of Medical Bills Eliminates Date Exception to Application of One-Year Limitations Provision Va. Code Ann. § 65.2-605.1 (enacted March 28, 2024, Effective July 1, 2024) Prompt payment; limitation on claims. Payment for health care services that the employer does not contest, deny,… read more
June 19, 2024
eNotes: Workers’ Compensation – June 2024 – West Virginia
SIGNIFICANT CASE SUMMARIES West Virginia Case Summary Logan-Mingo Area Mental Health, Inc. v. David M. Lester Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia No. 22-0275 Decided: June 10, 2024 Background The Claimant sustained a prior 1999 lumbar spine and thoracic spine injury. He received a permanent partial disability (PPD) award based on 20% whole person… read more
June 03, 2024
eNotes: Liability – June 2024 – Pennsylvania
SIGNIFICANT CASE SUMMARIES Pennsylvania Case Summaries Dwyer v. Ameriprise Fin., Inc. Pennsylvania Supreme Court No. 2 WAP 2023 Decided: April 25, 2024 Supreme Court addresses the availability of treble damages under the UTCPL where punitive damages are awarded on common law claims. Background Earl John and Christine Dwyer (“the Dwyers”) brought suit against Ameriprise Financial,… read more
June 03, 2024
eNotes: Liability – June 2024 – Maryland
SIGNIFICANT CASE SUMMARIES Maryland Case Summary Boyd v. The Goodman-Gable Gould Co. Maryland Appellate Court No. 2089, September Term, 2022 Decided: March 11, 2024 Plaintiffs failed to establish damages, failed to establish that Defendant had intentionally misled them, and failed to establish that the contract between the parties was illusory. Background In 2016, the home… read more
June 03, 2024
eNotes: Liability – June 2024 – Washington, DC
SIGNIFICANT CASE SUMMARIES Washington, DC Case Summary Unit Owners Ass’n of 2337 Champlain St. Condo v. 2337 Champlain St., LLC District of Columbia Court of Appeals No. 21-CV-0798 Decided: May 9, 2024 Plaintiffs’ claims against a developer were time barred through a contractual term providing for a shorter limitations period, which was not unreasonably short,… read more