Not only has the global health and economic impact of COVID-19 been harsh, but the highly contagious and potentially deadly disease will likely have a large impact on Minnesota workers’ compensation claims. Employers and insurers will see a rise in claims from existing injuries due to COVID-19 related layoffs, while also facing new occupational disease claims from employees that contract COVID-19. Read full article … [Read more...]

2020 Periodic Table of Workers' Compensation Elements can be downloaded from the above link or by going to the Publications section of our webpage. … [Read more...]

Winter - Articles include Minnesota Supreme Court Creates Medicaid Exception to Collateral Source Rule and A Cost-Risk Analysis of Workers’ Compensation Appeals and Potential Payment of Employee Appellate Fees … [Read more...]

This edition includes the following articles: New & Important Appellate Decisions in Government Liability, Professional Liability & Employment Law and Wisconsin Supreme Court and Knowing Violation Exclusion: Insurer Must Defend The latest edition and all of our past newsletters are available for viewing and printing here: JLO Newsletters … [Read more...]

Congratulations to JLO Attorneys Joseph Flynn, Vicki Hruby, Elisa Hatlevig, Tessa McEllistrem, and Lawrence (Larry) Rocheford who were named to the 2019 list of Super Lawyers and Rising Stars. … [Read more...]

Read it here: Expanding School Liability: How the Minnesota Supreme Court put the foreseeability Standard into Question … [Read more...]

Spring - Recent Minnesota Supreme Court rulings continue to limit defenses to negligence claims … [Read more...]

Winter - Minnesota Supreme Court Justices Continue a Hands-off Approach to Foreseeability and Fire Never Seeps: One Fire is One Occurrence … [Read more...]

Fall - The Exclusivity Provision Means Exclusive and 2018 Minnesota Legislative Update … [Read more...]

Summer - The Supreme Court and Arbitration Clauses: Employers' Rights and Major Legislative Changes to the Minnesota Workers' Compensation Act and Wisconsin Legislative Update … [Read more...]