Workers' Compensation News
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Judge Orders Uber, Lyft to Classify Drivers as Employees | 08/11/2020 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Northern California judge on Monday issued an injunction ordering Uber and Lyft to reclassify their drivers after concluding there is no way the transportation network companies can rebut the presumption that the drivers are employees. ...Read More | |||
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June, July Cases to Be Set for August Docket | 07/06/2020 | |
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| State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Cases that were postponed from June because of the pandemic will now be set for August to help avoid a backlog, the North Carolina Industrial Commission said in a bulletin. ...Read More | |||
| Judge Properly Allocated Part of Worker's Settlement to Wife During Divorce Proceedings | 06/26/2020 | ||
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| State: MA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Massachusetts Appeals Court ruled that part of an injured worker’s settlement was properly allocated to his wife as part of his divorce proceedings. ...Read More | |||
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Judge Upholds Injunction in ExamWorks Lawsuit; Defendants Say it Defies State Law​ | 06/11/2020 | |
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| By: Mark Powell (Reporter) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A federal judge in California has ruled against four defendants who allegedly stole trade secrets from a medical supply company after she upheld an injunction that prevents them from doing business with clients or entities they knew while employed by the company. ...Read More | |||
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Judge Must Revisit Findings of Compensability | 06/04/2020 | |
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| State: AL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Alabama Court of Civil Appeals overturned an award of permanent total disability benefits to a worker for his alleged cumulative trauma injury because of inconsistent findings. ...Read More | |||
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Judge Tosses Paralegal's Retaliation Suit Against Firm | 06/03/2020 | |
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| State: DE | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Delaware Superior Court judge threw out a paralegal’s lawsuit against his employer for allegedly retaliating against him for pursuing a workers’ compensation claim. ...Read More | |||
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Judge Can Determine Worker's MMI Date | 06/02/2020 | |
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| State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Colorado Court of Appeals ruled en banc that an administrative law judge can determine whether a worker has reached maximum medical improvement and set the permanent impairment rating if the employer has overcome an independent medical examiner’s opinion. ...Read More | |||
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Judge in Wrongful Death Suit Needs to Revisit Calculation of Attorney Fee, Liens | 05/29/2020 | |
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| State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Tennessee Court of Appeals ordered recalculation of the attorney fee and subrogation liens payable in a wrongful death case for a worker killed by a cement mixer truck. ...Read More | |||
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Judge Errs in Reinstating Self-Represented Worker's Case | 05/19/2020 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court ruled that a judge could not reinstate a self-represented worker’s claim based solely upon a letter requesting relief from a prior order of dismissal. ...Read More | |||
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Judge Temporarily Halts Commission's COVID-19 Presumption Rule | 04/27/2020 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A circuit court judge has issued a temporary restraining order, halting the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission's coronavirus emergency presumption rule, a rule that some had considered to be the most sweeping in the nation. ...Read More | |||
