Workers' Compensation News
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Hospital Entitled to Dismissal of Injured Laser Technician's Tort Suit | 06/28/2022 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court upheld a determination that a hospital qualified as the statutory employer of an injured laser technician who was bringing equipment to the facility as part of her job for her direct employer. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Finds Worker's Narcotic Pain Medication No Longer Compensable | 06/27/2022 | |
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| State: DE | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Delaware Supreme Court upheld a determination that an injured worker’s prescribed narcotic pain medications were no longer compensable. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Agrees to Hear Case Involving Derivative Injury Rule and COVID | 06/24/2022 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Supreme Court granted a federal appeals court request to decide whether the derivative injury doctrine prohibits a civil claim against an employer when a person who caught COVID-19 at work brings the virus home. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Rejects Employer's Challenge to VSSR Award | 06/23/2022 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Supreme Court of Ohio rejected an employer’s challenges to a Court of Appeals decision upholding an enhanced award of benefits to an injured worker based on the company's failure to timely object to a magistrate’s recommendation to deny relief. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Overturns Denial of Payment to Physician | 06/22/2022 | |
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| State: SD | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The South Dakota Supreme Court ruled that an injured worker’s physician made an authorized referral to another care provider, and it overturned a denial of payment for the provider’s services. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Disbars Attorney for Dishonesty in Representing Comp Claimant | 06/13/2022 | |
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| State: DC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The District of Columbia Court of Appeals disbarred a veteran attorney for his “flagrant dishonesty” in representing a workers’ compensation claimant. ...Read More | |||
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House Passes Bill to Allow More Treatment Providers for Federal Workers | 06/08/2022 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a bill that would expand health care provider options for injured federal workers. The House...Read More | |||
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High Court Upholds Award of Additional Benefits, Treatment for Coal Miner's Shoulder Injury | 06/07/2022 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld an award of additional benefits and medical treatment for a coal miner with a shoulder injury. ...Read More | |||
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High Court to Hear Oral Arguments on Comp Judge Appointment | 06/06/2022 | |
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| State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Oklahoma Supreme Court will hear oral arguments regarding a request that it use its authority to make an emergency appointment to the Workers’ Compensation Court of Existing Claims. ...Read More | |||
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High Court: Preclusion of Coverage for Parking Lot Injuries Allows Civil Suit to Proceed | 06/03/2022 | |
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| State: OK | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Oklahoma Supreme Court said that as a result of lawmakers' decision to explicitly exclude injuries that occur in a parking lot from coverage under the state’s workers’ compensation system, a worker who was severely injured crossing a four-lane highway to get to work can procee...Read More | |||
