Workers' Compensation News
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Comp Commission Sets Conference for Oct. 8-9 | 03/11/2024 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission is holding its Educational Conference and Exhibition Oct. 8-9 at the Greater Richmond Convention Center. ...Read More | |||
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Court: Settlements to Release 'Unknown' Claims Aren't Enforceable | 03/08/2024 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Montana Workers’ Compensation Court ruled that settlement language purporting to release “unknown” claims is not enforceable. ...Read More | |||
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Children May Proceed With Tort Suit Against Parents' Employer | 03/06/2024 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Illinois Appellate Court said summary judgment is not appropriate in deciding if birth defects in children are the result of their parents' workplace exposure to chemicals. ...Read More | |||
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Court Revives Tort Suit Against Company for Birth Defects in Children of Employees | 03/06/2024 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Illinois Appellate Court overturned a grant of summary judgment for an employer, finding triable questions existed as to whether the birth defects suffered by employees’ children were causally related to the employees' workplace exposures. ...Read More | |||
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Company Not Civilly Liable to Employee Knocked Out in Fight With Foreman | 03/05/2024 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Texas appellate court ruled that a company was entitled to summary judgment dismissing a civil suit by an employee who was punched out by his foreman for complaining about being left behind at a hotel. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Partial Summary Judgment in Worker's Labor Law Claim | 03/04/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court overturned a grant of partial summary judgment on a worker’s Labor Law claim based on his alleged fall from a ladder. ...Read More | |||
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Court Properly Limits Damages Available to Heirs of Drowned Worker | 03/01/2024 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court upheld a grant of partial summary judgment limiting the potential damages for the seller of a vessel that capsized and killed a father of three. ...Read More | |||
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Court Rejects Worker's Constitutional Challenge to IRE, Modification of Status | 02/29/2024 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania rejected a worker’s constitutional challenge to his impairment rating evaluation and the modification of his disability status. ...Read More | |||
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Court: Board Didn't Abuse Discretion in Denying Employer's Late Application for Review | 02/28/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that the Workers’ Compensation Board did not abuse its discretion in denying an employer’s untimely application for review. ...Read More | |||
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Carrier Fails to Prove Cancellation of Policy Before Worker's Accident | 02/27/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a finding that a workers’ compensation insurance carrier failed to prove its claim that it had canceled an employer’s policy before an employee’s accident. ...Read More | |||
