In addition to their potential to impact ongoing cases, appellate court decisions can provide us with insight into how the law has been interpreted and applied which, in turn, can inform future legal strategies and arguments.

Today’s Workers’ Compensation Appellate Roundup is a compendium of the Q1 2025 appellate decisions we found most interesting, along with the perspective of our highly experienced appellate attorneys. We hope you will find it a helpful and practical resource.

IN THIS ISSUE:

• Section 21 presumption is not a catch-all crutch that claimants can use to establish otherwise questionable claims (Matter of Gunness v. Prime Piping & Heating Inc., Jan. 9)
• Simply showing a claimant’s monthly expenses exceed his fixed income benefits is not sufficient to prove extreme hardship (Matter of Mystkowski v. Monpat Constr. Inc., Mar. 27)
• In cases involving failure to disclose/omission, it might make sense to waive the claimant’s testimony entirely (Matter of Augone v. Stop & Shop Supermarket Co. LLC, Mar. 27)

READ THE FULL ISSUE HERE.