Workers' Compensation News
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Supreme Court Awards Widow Benefits for Husband's Fatal Heat Exposure | 09/29/2023 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court ruled that a worker’s widow was entitled to benefits for his death from excessive heat exposure on his second day on the job. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Worker's PPD Award, Denial of Additional Treatment | 09/28/2023 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court issued two separate opinions addressing the same worker’s claim, upholding his 8% permanent partial disability award and denying his requests for additional treatment. ...Read More | |||
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School Volunteer Can't Pursue Civil Remedy for Catastrophic Injuries | 09/27/2023 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court ruled that the exclusive remedy provision of the Labor Code barred a school volunteer from pursuing a civil remedy for her catastrophic injuries from falling while she was judging a spelling bee. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds PPD Without Apportionment for Mine Worker | 09/27/2023 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a determination that a mine worker had no preexisting, definitely ascertainable impairment to be apportioned out of his rating. ...Read More | |||
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Substantial Evidence Supports Worker's Award of Additional Treatment, TTD | 09/26/2023 | |
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| State: AR | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Arkansas Court of Appeals upheld an award of additional treatment and temporary total disability benefits to a fast food cook for his injuries from assisting a customer who had fallen at his restaurant. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Claim Expansion, Additional Treatment | 09/25/2023 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld the denial of a worker’s request to expand the scope of her claim and for additional treatment. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds PPD Award Without Apportionment for Worker's Back Injury | 09/21/2023 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court unanimously upheld a 5% permanent partial disability award to a coal company employee for his back injury. ...Read More | |||
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State Workplace Health Officials Set Training Event | 09/21/2023 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Kentucky Division of Occupational Safety and Health is holding a free, four-day training event in October. The event will include sessions explori...Read More | |||
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State Fund Waits Too Long to Challenge Finding of Miscalculated Premiums | 09/20/2023 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court in an unpublished decision ruled that State Compensation Insurance Fund could not belatedly challenge an administrative determination that it miscalculated an employer’s policy premiums. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Denies Worker's Request to Increase Award for Knee Injury | 09/20/2023 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court ruled that a worker who had undergone a bilateral knee replacement was not entitled to an increased award of benefits for a post-surgery injury. ...Read More | |||
