Workers' Compensation News
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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 | |||
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Employer Hit With Penalties, Fees for Denying Worker's Shoulder Surgery | 11/08/2023 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court assessed $2,000 in penalties and $1,000 in attorney fees against an employer for denying an injured worker’s shoulder surgery. ...Read More | |||
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Employer Loses Challenge to TTD Award for Worker Who Resigned | 11/01/2023 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An Ohio appellate court ruled that an employer was not entitled to mandamus relief from an administrative order granting temporary total disability benefits to an injured worker who had resigned from her job. ...Read More | |||
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Employer's Subsidiary Fails to Raise Viable Exclusivity Defense to Worker's Claim | 10/31/2023 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that the exclusive remedy provision of the Workers’ Compensation Law did not bar an employee’s civil suit against her employer’s wholly owned subsidiary. ...Read More | |||
| Excusive Remedy Barred Car Dealer Employee from Civil Recovery for Fall from Roof | 10/23/2023 | ||
| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court upheld the summary dismissal of an injured worker’s claim against his employer as barred by the exclusive remedy provision of the Labor Code. ...Read More | |||
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Employment Agency Owner Sentenced for Fraud | 09/29/2023 | |
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| State: MA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| The owner of an employment agency was ordered to pay more than $150,000 in restitution as part of her sentence for a workers’ compensation premium fraud scheme, federal prosecutors in Massachusetts announced. ...Read More | |||
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Engineering Firm Not Entitled to Summary Judgment on Indemnification, Contribution Claims | 09/26/2023 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that an engineering and consulting firm for a bridge rehabilitation and painting project was not entitled to summary judgment dismissing the indemnification and contribution claims against it arising from a worker’s injuries. ...Read More | |||
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Employer's Undisputed Violations of Law Don't Warrant Penalties | 09/14/2023 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld a denial of a worker’s request for penalties against his employer despite the company's undisputed violation of state the Workers’ Compensation Act. ...Read More | |||
