Workers' Compensation News
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Court: Medical Resident's Wounds From Mass Shooting at Hospital Compensable | 05/17/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| New York’s highest court unanimously ruled that when an employee is injured in an attack at work, his injuries are presumed to be compensable and that the lack of evidence as to the motivation for the assault does not rebut the presumption. ...Read More | |||
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DWC Webinar to Cover Presiding Officer Directives | 05/17/2024 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation is hosting a webinar on May 22 to discuss presiding officer directives. The division said the progr...Read More | |||
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Casual Employment Threshold, TD Benefit and Attorney Fees to Increase | 05/17/2024 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Oregon Workers’ Compensation Division announced that maximum temporary total disability benefits and attorney fees are increasing on July 1 along with the threshold used to determine whether employment is casual. ...Read More | |||
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Truck Driver's Prior Leg Injuries Don't Subject Award to Offset | 05/17/2024 | |
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| State: KS | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Kansas Court of Appeals ruled that an injured truck driver’s award for a knee injury was not subject to offset due to prior leg injuries. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Causal Connection Between Coal Worker's Employment, Pneumoconiosis | 05/17/2024 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A federal appellate court upheld a finding that a worker’s coal mine employment caused his pneumoconiosis. Case: Lance Coal...Read More | |||
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Worker on Snow-Removal Duty Gets Benefits for Injuries From Fall | 05/17/2024 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The New Jersey Superior Court’s Appellate Division ruled that a worker was entitled to benefits for his injuries from falling while taking a dip in a hotel pool. ...Read More | |||
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CDI: Truck Driver's Death Exposes Premium Fraud Scheme | 05/16/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Department of Insurance announced that the owner of a Central Valley trucking firm was charged with fraud after the death of a driver revealed he allegedly underreported payroll by more than $2.3 million. ...Read More | |||
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DWC Announces Crackdown on E-Filing Errors | 05/16/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Division of Workers’ Compensation said it will evaluate users of its electronic case management system over the next few months and discipline those who continually violate rules and guidelines. ...Read More | |||
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Vehicle Qualifies as Uninsured if Exclusivity Prevents Worker From Recovery | 05/16/2024 | |
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| State: OK | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled that if a worker is injured as a passenger in an employer-owned vehicle, and workers’ compensation exclusivity precludes a recovery under the automobile liability policy, the vehicle qualifies as uninsured. ...Read More | |||
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Companies Fined $650,000 After Worker Dies in Storage Facility | 05/16/2024 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Two companies were fined a combined $650,000 after a worker died in an apple storage facility that had a low oxygen level to prevent fruit from spoiling, the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries announced. ...Read More | |||
