Workers' Compensation News
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High Court Unanimously Upholds Denial of Additional TTD for Injured Pipe Fitter | 06/26/2023 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court unanimously upheld a finding that an injured pipe fitter was not entitled to additional temporary total disability benefits. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Overturns Denial of Truck Driver's Claim Based on Notice Issue | 06/21/2023 | |
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| State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The North Carolina Supreme Court overturned a finding that a truck driver was not entitled to benefits due to her failure to timely provide written notice of her injuries to her employer. ...Read More | |||
| High Court Upholds Denial of Benefits for Worker's Hernia | 06/20/2023 | ||
| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the denial of a worker’s claim for a hernia injury following a slip and fall at work. ...Read More | |||
| High Court Upholds Permanent Partial Disability Award for Bus Driver's Injuries from Averting Crash | 06/16/2023 | ||
| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Other | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a 14% permanent partial disability award for a worker who suffered multiple injuries from jumping into an unattended car to prevent it from hitting a bus. ...Read More | |||
| High Court Overturns Board's Finding on Worker's Eligibility for PTD Award | 06/15/2023 | ||
| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court ruled that the Board of Review erred in finding a worker met the statutory criteria for consideration for a permanent total disability award. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Says Exclusive Remedy Provision Bars Temp Worker's Civil Suit | 05/23/2023 | |
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| State: AL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Alabama Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the exclusive remedy provisions of the Workers’ Compensation Act barred a temp agency’s employee from maintaining a civil suit against her borrowing employer and one of its employees for her work-related injuries. ...Read More | |||
| High Court Says Employee Can't Assert Claim for Discrimination Against Former Employer | 05/18/2023 | ||
| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Missouri Supreme Court unanimously ruled that a statute prohibiting retaliation against employees for pursuing workers’ compensation claims applies only to employers and employees with a current employment relationship. ...Read More | |||
| High Court Says Injured Worker Failed to Timely Challenge Enforcement of Settlement | 05/16/2023 | ||
| State: AK | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Alaska Supreme Court unanimously ruled that a self-represented litigant failed to establish his entitlement to relief from an order to enforce a settlement negotiated by his former attorney that he had failed to substantively oppose. ...Read More | |||
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House Passes Bill Addressing Medical Plans, Requesting Studies | 05/08/2023 | |
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| State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Connecticut state House of Representatives unanimously approved a measure that would require medical plans to include a mechanism for injured workers to determine medical necessity of recommended services and would create two study groups to analyze medical issues in the state’s comp sy...Read More | |||
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House Passes Bills to Allow Direct Deposit, Boost Benefits for Permanent Disfigurement | 05/04/2023 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Pennsylvania state House of Representatives passed bills that will eventually require insurers and employers to pay benefits via direct deposit and will expand the range of injuries and amount of benefits paid for serious and permanent disfigurement injuries. ...Read More | |||
