Workers' Compensation News
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Fraudster Gets 180 Days Behind Bars | 05/10/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California man pleaded no contest last week to felony insurance fraud and was sentenced to 180 days in jail. The Sacramento County Distric...Read More | |||
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Divided Court Upholds PTSD Award for Cop Allegedly Set Up for Assault | 05/10/2024 | |
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| State: MS | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A divided Mississippi Court of Appeals upheld an award of permanent disability benefits to a former police officer who was beaten while responding to a call that she believed to have been set up by the chief of police. ...Read More | |||
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Split Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Worker's Request to Expand Claim | 05/10/2024 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A divided West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the denial of a worker’s request to expand the scope of his claim. Case: Parker...Read More | |||
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Worker Injured While Trying to Stop Falling Object Prevails on Claim | 05/10/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for his injuries from trying to prevent an air conditioning coil unit from falling. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Attendant Care Award for Services Provided by Worker's Husband | 05/10/2024 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Florida appellate court overturned an award for attendant care provided by a worker’s husband, finding that the judge failed to determine which services qualified as compensable. ...Read More | |||
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WCIRB Releases Fourth Quarter 2023 Experience Report | 05/09/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California has released its Quarterly Experience Report to update statewide insurer experience measured as of Dec. 31, 2023. ...Read More | |||
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Split Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Benefits for Parkinson's Claim | 05/09/2024 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A divided West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the denial of benefits to a longtime paint technician on his claim that he developed Parkinson’s disease because of his industrial chemical exposure. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Summary Dismissal of Municipal Employee's Retaliation Claims | 05/09/2024 | |
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| State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Minnesota Court of Appeals upheld the summary dismissal of a former municipal worker’s claims of retaliatory discharge. Case:...Read More | |||
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Federal Court Rejects Employer's Challenge to Black Lung Award | 05/09/2024 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A federal appellate court upheld an award of Black Lung Benefits Act compensation to a longtime coal miner. Case: Dominion C...Read More | |||
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Worker Fails to Prove Connection Between Testicle Injury, Work | 05/09/2024 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld the denial of benefits for a worker’s testicular injury, finding he failed to carry his burden to show that his injury was causally connected to his work. ...Read More | |||
