Workers' Compensation News
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Employer Gets Credit for Benefits Paid to Worker | 01/24/2024 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld the retroactive application of Act 111’s credit provision to an employer that made 500 weeks of benefit payments to an injured employee. ...Read More | |||
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Evidentiary Ruling Results in Reinstatement of COVID-Related Death Claim | 01/11/2024 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Arizona Court of Appeal set aside a denial of benefits for a police officer’s death from COVID-19-related complications. Case: ...Read More | |||
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Employee Without Valid Settlement Can't Pursue Breach-of-Contract Claim | 12/21/2023 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that no valid compromise and release agreement existed between an employee and her employer, so she could not pursue a contract action to force a settlement to which the employer had not agreed. ...Read More | |||
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Exclusive Remedy Bars Wrongful Death Claim by Worker's Daughter | 12/06/2023 | |
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| State: MD | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Maryland Appellate Court ruled that workers' compensation exclusivity barred the adult daughter of a worker involved in a fatal accident from bringing a claim against the employer under the Wrongful Death Act. ...Read More | |||
| Employment Practices Liability Insurance Provider Had No Duty to Defend Employer | 12/04/2023 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court ruled that an employment practices liability insurance provider had no duty to provide coverage to an insured for claims filed by a former employee. ...Read More | |||
| Exclusivity Barred Worker's Parents from Pursuing Civil Remedy for Fatal Car Accident | 11/30/2023 | ||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court upheld a finding that a traveling worker’s death from a car accident occurred within the course and scope of her employment, which prohibited her parents from seeking a civil remedy for her demise. ...Read More | |||
| Employer Fined $201,573 for Explosion | 11/28/2023 | ||
| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration fined a manufacturer of industrial gas $201,573 for what the agency called a preventable explosion that injured five workers and several first responders. ...Read More | |||
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Employee Can't Maintain Tort Suit Against Colleague, Employer for Car Accident | 11/22/2023 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court ruled that a school district employee could not maintain a tort action against a colleague and their employer for injuries from a car accident that happened as she was leaving work. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Has No Duty to Inform Injured Worker of Statute of Repose | 11/14/2023 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that a worker’s review and reinstatement petitions, filed more than three years after his last payment of compensation, were time-barred. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Liable for Tax Warrant Despite Never Receiving Notice of Assessment | 11/10/2023 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Washington Court of Appeals upheld a tax warrant against an employer for unpaid workers’ compensation taxes despite his claim he never received a notice of assessment. ...Read More | |||
