Workers' Compensation News
| Parisotto Reappointed as DWC Administrative Director | 09/13/2022 | ||
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| California Gov. Gavin Newsom reappointed George Parisotto as administrative director of the Division of Workers’ Compensation. ...Read More | |||
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Provider Fails to Show Entitlement to Additional Reimbursement | 09/09/2022 | |
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| A Texas appellate court overturned an award to a treatment provider for additional reimbursement for services rendered to an injured worker. ...Read More | |||
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Privette Doctrine Bars Worker's Tort Claim | 09/07/2022 | |
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| A California appellate court ruled that the Privette doctrine barred a worker from pursuing a tort claim against a property owner and its employee for his fall from a scaffold on the premises. ...Read More | |||
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Privette Doctrine Bars Employee of Contractor From Bringing Personal Injury Suit | 09/01/2022 | |
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| A California appellate court ruled that the Privette doctrine barred a contractor’s employee from bringing suit against his employer’s client for his injuries from a fall. ...Read More | |||
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Privette Doctrine Bars Parents' Suit for Worker's Death | 08/19/2022 | |
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| A California appellate court ruled that the Privette doctrine barred an effort by the parents of a construction worker to pursue a wrongful death claim against a general contractor that had hired their son’s employer to clean out a sump pump. ...Read More | |||
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Pharmacy Worker's Injuries From Seizure-Related Fall Ruled Compensable | 08/16/2022 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court ruled that a pharmacy technician was entitled to benefits for injuries from a fall after she suffered a seizure at work. ...Read More | |||
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Police Officer Can't Amend Description of Injury; Employer Can Terminate His Benefits | 08/05/2022 | |
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| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld a denial of a police officer’s request to amend the description of his work injury and upheld the grant of his employer’s petition to terminate his benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Prior Settlement Doesn't Preclude Deputy's Claims for Other Conditions | 08/05/2022 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Virginia Court of Appeals upheld an award of benefits to a deputy sheriff for injuries she sustained in a training exercise, finding her prior settlement for one injury did not preclude her from filing a later claim for additional injuries. ...Read More | |||
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Parcel Delivery Worker Fails to Prove Error in Denial of Benefits | 07/14/2022 | |
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| The New Mexico Court of Appeals ruled that a parcel delivery worker failed to prove any error in a judge’s decision denying him benefits for an alleged knee injury. ...Read More | |||
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P&T Committee Meets July 20 | 07/13/2022 | |
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| The California Division of Workers’ Compensation announced that its formulary advisory committee will meet July 20 in Oakland. T...Read More | |||
