Workers' Compensation News
High Court Upholds Unapportioned Award to Mine Worker; Denies Referral, Expansion | 09/19/2023 | ||
State: WV | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
The West Virginia Supreme Court unanimously upheld an unapportioned award of benefits to an injured mine worker but ruled that he was not entitled to expand the scope of his claim or receive a neurosurgery referral. ...Read More | |||
High Court Upholds Denial of Worker's Claim for Schedule Loss of Vision Award | 09/07/2023 | ||
State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
The Ohio Supreme Court upheld the denial of a worker’s application for schedule loss of vision benefits. Case: Sta...Read More | |||
High Court: Worker With Limited Ability to Sit/Stand Can Still Be Gainfully Employed | 09/01/2023 | ||
State: OH | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
A divided Ohio Supreme Court overturned a grant of writ relief to a worker seeking permanent total disability benefits based on her inability to remain in one position for more than a few minutes at a time. ...Read More | |||
Harford Mutual Announces Merger With ClearPath | 08/22/2023 | ||
State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
Harford Mutual Insurance Group announced that it has received final approval from regulators in Maryland to complete a merger with monoline workers’ compensation carrier ClearPath Mutual Insurance Co. ...Read More | |||
HR Law Announces Additions to Deerfield Beach Office | 08/08/2023 | ||
State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
Workers’ compensation defense firm HR Law announced the addition of two attorneys to its office in Deerfield Beach, Florida. ...Read More | |||
Homeowners Get Summary Dismissal of Workers' Labor Law Claims | 08/04/2023 | ||
State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
A New York appellate court upheld the summary dismissal of the Labor Law claims against the owners of a single-family residence undergoing renovation work. ...Read More | |||
High Court Rejects 'Straightjacket' for Compensability of Mental Health Claims | 07/31/2023 | ||
State: MI | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
A divided Michigan Supreme Court on Friday adopted a new test to determine whether a plaintiff successfully demonstrated that a workplace injury significantly contributed to her psychological problems, saying a four-factor test it created in 2001 as a guide has “morphed into a straitjacket....Read More | |||
Husband and Wife Accused of Concealing $4.1 Million in Payroll | 07/27/2023 | ||
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
The California Insurance Department announced that a husband and wife from Bakersfield were charged with fraud for allegedly underreporting $4.1 million in payroll to two different carriers between 2017 and 2020. ...Read More | |||
High Courts Define Scope of Work Comp Exclusivity | 07/17/2023 | ||
State: NA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
The “grand bargain” at the heart of workers’ compensation systems has been a major topic among the states’ highest courts in recent months, with California, Iowa, Alabama and Pennsylvania all issuing decisions addressing the scope of their respective exclusive remedy ...Read More | |||
High Court Accepts Surrender of Attorney's Law License for Misappropriating Client Funds | 07/07/2023 | ||
State: GA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
The Supreme Court of Georgia last week accepted an attorney’s voluntary surrender of his law license for misusing an injured worker’s settlement funds. ...Read More | |||