Workers' Compensation News
Employer Can't Challenge ALJ's Determination of Claim's Timeliness | 04/15/2022 | ||
State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
The Georgia Court of Appeals tossed an employer’s attempt to challenge an administrative law judge’s finding that an injured employee’s hearing request remained viable and that his claim was not time-barred. ...Read More | |||
Employer Gets Summary Judgment Dismissing Claims of Discrimination, Retaliation | 04/07/2022 | ||
State: OH | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
An Ohio appellate court upheld the dismissal of a discrimination and retaliation action against an employer for allegedly terminating an injured worker, her son and her boyfriend after she fell while running away from a bee on a cigarette break. ...Read More | |||
Employer Gets Partial Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim for Head Injury | 03/29/2022 | ||
State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
A New York appellate court ruled that a defendant was entitled to partial summary judgment on a worker’s Labor Law claim for alleged head injuries. ...Read More | |||
Employer Not Liable for Worker's Attack on Truck Driver | 03/16/2022 | ||
State: LA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
A Louisiana appellate court upheld the dismissal of the consolidated actions against an employer and its insurance carrier for injuries that a truck driver suffered after being assaulted by an employee. ...Read More | |||
Employer Not Entitled to Dismissal of Worker's Claim From Exposure to Lead Paint | 02/23/2022 | ||
State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
A Louisiana appellate court revived a worker’s claim for benefits for his alleged injuries from exposure to lead-based paint. Case: ...Read More | |||
Emergency Rule Authorizing Electronic Service of Med-Legal Report Expires | 02/22/2022 | ||
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
The California Division of Workers’ Compensation announced that an emergency rule providing a mechanism for electronic service of medical-legal reports expired by operation of law Friday. ...Read More | |||
Extension of COVID-19 Presumption First Bill Passed in Session | 02/04/2022 | ||
State: MN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
The first bill Minnesota lawmakers passed since returning to the Capitol at the end of January would extend the presumption that COVID-19 is compensable for frontline workers. ...Read More | |||
Employer's Delay in Payment of Benefits Doesn't Warrant Penalties | 01/28/2022 | ||
State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
The Iowa Court of Appeals ruled that a worker was not entitled to a penalty for the period in which his employer delayed paying benefits while it investigated his entitlement. ...Read More | |||
Exclusive Remedy Bars Worker's Claim Against Property Owner for Rail Car Accident | 01/27/2022 | ||
State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
A Texas appellate court upheld summary judgment dismissing a worker’s claim against a property owner as barred by the exclusive remedy provision of the state Workers’ Compensation Act. ...Read More | |||
Employer Waits Too Long to Assert Cross-Examination Right | 01/20/2022 | ||
State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
A New York appellate court ruled that an employer waived its right to cross-examine a worker’s attending physician by waiting too long. ...Read More | |||