Workers' Compensation News
| Self-Employed Worker Should Have Been Granted Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim | 05/18/2023 | ||
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| A New York appellate court ruled that a self-employed worker should have been granted summary judgment on his Labor Law claim based on his fall from a ladder he had furnished himself. ...Read More | |||
| Split Supreme Court Says Employer Can't Subrogate Against Worker's Dram Shop Act Recovery | 05/18/2023 | ||
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| The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that an employer who paid Heart Lung Act benefits to a police officer is not entitled to subrogation from the officer’s recovery on a claim that asserted negligence and Dram Shop Act-based liability on a third-party motorist. ...Read More | |||
| Supreme Court Unanimously Upholds Denial of Benefits for Worker's Carpal Tunnel Syndrome | 05/16/2023 | ||
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court unanimously upheld the denial of benefits for a fire boss’ carpal tunnel syndrome. ...Read More | |||
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Split Court Says Estate Can't Get Worker's Loss-of-Use Benefits After Her Death | 05/15/2023 | |
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| A divided Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that the employer of a worker who died of her compensable injuries without any heirs was liable only for the payment of her reasonable funeral expenses to her estate. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Coal Miner's Request to Reopen Claim for Knee Injury | 05/12/2023 | |
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| The West Virginia Supreme Court unanimously upheld a denial of a coal miner's request to reopen his claim for a right knee injury after he underwent a knee replacement. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Claim by Mine Worker With Carpal Tunnel Syndrome | 05/11/2023 | |
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| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a denial of benefits for a mine worker with carpal tunnel syndrome, finding his condition predated his latest employment. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Worker's Request to Add Spondylosis to Claim | 05/10/2023 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court upheld a denial of a worker’s request to add lumbar spondylosis to her established claim for a back injury due to a lack of evidence of a causal connection between the condition and her injury. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Won't Raise PPD Award for Worker Injured by Exploding Toilet | 05/09/2023 | |
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| The West Virginia Supreme Court unanimously ruled that a worker with preexisting conditions was not entitled to a larger award of permanent partial disability benefits without any apportionment to his prior diagnoses. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Additional Benefits for Worker With Knee Injury | 05/08/2023 | |
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| The West Virginia Supreme Court unanimously ruled that a fire boss was not entitled to a larger award of permanent partial disability benefits than he had received for a knee injury. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Splits on Proper Apportionment of Injured Worker's Estate | 05/04/2023 | |
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| State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| A divided Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled that a provision in an injured worker’s holographic will to have the settlement of his claim paid to his brother could not be fully honored because the will made no provision for the worker’s daughters, and the estate lacked any other substantial...Read More | |||
