Workers' Compensation News
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Subcontractor Gets Partial Summary Judgment on Third-Party Actions | 07/25/2023 | |
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| A New York appellate court ruled that a subcontractor should have been granted partial summary judgment on the third-party actions filed against it arising out of an employee’s injuries on a construction project. ...Read More | |||
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Summary Judgment for Property Owner Partially Overturned | 07/21/2023 | |
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| A New York appellate court partially overturned a grant of summary judgment to a property owner in a worker's claim for falling through a temporary plywood floor. ...Read More | |||
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State Workplace Safety Regulators Launch Heat Illness Program | 07/20/2023 | |
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| State: AZ | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Arizona Division of Occupational Safety and Health implemented a statewide emphasis program aimed at mitigating heat-related illnesses and injuries in the workplace. ...Read More | |||
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Surgeon Sentenced to 33 Months for Role in Pacific Hospital Kickback Scheme | 07/19/2023 | |
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| The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that a surgeon who accepted more than $315,000 in bribes and kickbacks for performing spinal surgeries at Pacific Hospital of Long Beach was sentenced to 33 months in federal prison. ...Read More | |||
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Stevedoring Company Gets Summary Dismissal of Injured Longshoreman's Jones Act Claims | 07/19/2023 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A federal appellate court upheld a grant of summary judgment to a stevedoring company on a longshoreman’s claim of Jones Act negligence. ...Read More | |||
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SAIF Corp. Names Chief Actuarial Officer | 07/19/2023 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Olivia Keefer Oregon’s SAIF Corp. anno...Read More | |||
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Split Court Revives Worker's Labor Law Claim for Foot Injury | 07/18/2023 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A divided New York appellate court revived a worker’s Labor Law claim for his foot injury. Case: Powell v. City of New York, No...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Says Foreseeability Isn't Required for Traveling Employee Rule to Apply | 07/18/2023 | |
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| State: NV | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Nevada Supreme Court clarified that for a worker to be eligible for benefits under the traveling employee rule, there is no foreseeability requirement to his injury. ...Read More | |||
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Split Supreme Court Revives Injured Press Operator's Intentional Tort Claim | 07/14/2023 | |
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| State: MI | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A divided Michigan Supreme Court revived an injured die press operator’s intentional tort claim against his employer, finding summary judgment had been issued prematurely before the close of the discovery period. ...Read More | |||
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Sean Cooper Named WCIRB Executive Vice President, Chief Actuary | 07/12/2023 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Sean Cooper was named executive vice president and chief actuary at the Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California to succeed Dave Bellusci, who retired after 33 years with the bureau. ...Read More | |||
