Workers' Compensation News
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Federal Defense Act Includes Firefighter Presumption | 01/10/2023 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Respiratory issues and specified cancers are presumed to arise out of employment for federal firefighters with at least five years of experience, under a defense act signed by President Joe Biden. ...Read More | |||
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Federal Court Upholds Verdict Against Carrier for Bad-Faith Conduct in Coverage Dispute | 01/09/2023 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A federal appellate court upheld a jury’s award of $1,091,240.82 for a carrier's bad-faith conduct in a coverage dispute between insurers. ...Read More | |||
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Former Bus Driver Sentenced to Probation for Side-Hustle Double-Dipping Conviction | 12/21/2022 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A former bus driver in western New York was sentenced to five years of probation for double-dipping by earning income from eBay and working for Instacart while collecting workers’ compensation benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Father and Son Charged in $4.2M Premium Fraud Scheme | 10/28/2022 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The father and son owners of two Northern California cleaning companies are accused of underreporting payroll as part of a scheme to fraudulently reduce their workers’ compensation premiums by about $4.2 million. ...Read More | |||
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Federal Court Upholds Award of Black Lung Benefits to Miner With COPD | 10/13/2022 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld an award under the Black Lung Benefits Act to a longtime coal mine worker with chronic lung disease. ...Read More | |||
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Failure to Name Predecessor as Defendant Causes Board to Lose Jurisdiction Over Appeal | 10/06/2022 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Kentucky Court of Appeals ruled that an employer’s failure to name a worker’s prior employer as a defendant in its appeal caused the Workers’ Compensation Board to lose jurisdiction over the matter. ...Read More | |||
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Firefighter With Rare Kidney Cancer Establishes Condition as Occupational Disease | 09/27/2022 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Illinois Appellate Court upheld an award of benefits to a firefighter for his kidney cancer, finding he established an occupational disease by a preponderance of the evidence. ...Read More | |||
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Former Comp Judge Seeks Reinstatement in Wrongful Termination Lawsuit | 09/09/2022 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A former workers’ compensation judge in New Jersey alleges in a lawsuit filed against the state that she was fired in retaliation for reporting concerns about unethical conduct among some of her colleagues and co-workers. ...Read More | |||
| Florida Power Company Sentenced Following 2017 Death of Five Workers | 08/26/2022 | ||
| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Florida company was sentenced in federal court on a criminal charge related to an explosion at a coal-fired power plant in 2017 that caused the death of five workers. ...Read More | |||
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Federal Court Won't Review Manufacturer's Interlocutory Appeal | 07/21/2022 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A federal appellate court ruled that a trial judge erred in certifying an interlocutory appeal by a manufacturer challenging the dismissal of its spoliation of evidence claim against an injured worker's employer. ...Read More | |||
