Publication Date
12-2005
Document Type
Survey Article
Abstract
The Chairman's Advisory Council of the State Board of Workers' Compensation again submitted significant legislation for 2005. Perhaps the most significant amendment to the Workers' Compensation Act concerns the determination of catastrophic designation. If an injury has not already been accepted as a catastrophic injury by the employer, and the authorized treating physician has released the employee to return to work with restrictions, there will be a rebuttable presumption, during a period not to exceed 130 weeks from the date of injury, that the injury is not a catastrophic injury. In making a determination as to whether an injury is catastrophic, the State Board of Workers' Compensation (the "Board") will consider all relevant factors, including the number of hours for which an employee has been released.
Recommended Citation
Bagley, H. Michael; Kniffen, Daniel C.; and Dixon, Katherine D.
(2005)
"Workers' Compensation,"
Mercer Law Review: Vol. 57:
No.
1, Article 18.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.law.mercer.edu/jour_mlr/vol57/iss1/18