Workers' Compensation News
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No Benefits for Transit System Agent With Carpal Tunnel Syndrome | 03/02/2023 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the denial of benefits for a station agent with carpal tunnel syndrome. Case: Mat...Read More | |||
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No Disability Retirement for Former Emergency Dispatcher With Alleged Psych Injury | 02/28/2023 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court rejected a former emergency dispatcher’s challenge to the denial of her request for disability retirement benefits for her alleged work-related psychological distress. ...Read More | |||
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NCCI Filing Proposes Inclusion of COVID-19 Claims for X-Mods | 02/28/2023 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The National Council on Compensation Insurance is proposing to start including COVID-19 claims with accident dates on or after July 1 in experience rating calculations. ...Read More | |||
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Nurse Has Partial Disability, Not Causally Related Anxiety or Shoulder Injury, From Assault | 02/24/2023 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a finding that a nurse had only a partial disability from an assault by a psychiatric patient and that she did not have a shoulder injury or anxiety that was causally related to the incident. ...Read More | |||
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No Benefits for Migrants Injured While Riding in Bus Provided by Prospective Employer | 02/16/2023 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court upheld the dismissal of the workers’ compensation claims by three migrant workers for injuries they suffered while traveling on a bus provided by their prospective employer to obtain visas. ...Read More | |||
| Nurse With Limited Ability to Sit, Stand, Gets Award pf PTD Benefits | 02/14/2023 | ||
| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Iowa Court of Appeals upheld an award of permanent total disability benefits for a nurse whose back injury required that she spend the vast majority of her day laying down. ...Read More | |||
| Non-Subscribing Employer Can Compel Arbitration of Worker's Claims of Injury | 02/13/2023 | ||
| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| A Texas appellate court ruled that a non-subscribing employer’s motion to compel arbitration of a worker’s claims of injury should have been granted, as a matter of law. ...Read More | |||
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NCCI: Physical Medicine Largest Driver of Comp Doctor Costs | 02/10/2023 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Physical medicine cost was the largest driver of annual physician cost increases in workers’ compensation during the past decade, according to a new report from the National Council on Compensation Insurance. ...Read More | |||
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No Benefits for Construction Worker With Injuries From Unwitnessed Fall | 02/09/2023 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court upheld the dismissal of a worker’s claim of injury from an unwitnessed fall. Case: Brister v. E....Read More | |||
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No Summary Judgment for Worker With Claim of Fall Injury | 02/06/2023 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was properly allowed to proceed with his Labor Law claim for a mishap from attempting to move a section of steel track rail. ...Read More | |||
