Workers' Compensation News
Telephone Pole Owner Not Liable Under Labor Law for Cable Repair Worker's Fall | 10/15/2021 | ||
State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
A New York appellate court ruled that the owner of a telephone pole was not liable for a cable-service repairman’s injuries in a fall from a ladder. ...Read More | |||
Tort Claim by Worker Allegedly Struck on Head by Colleague Can't Be Decided on Summary Judgment | 10/06/2021 | ||
Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
A Louisiana appellate court overturned a grant of summary judgment on a worker’s intentional tort claim against a colleague who had struck his hardhat with a piece of scaffolding when he didn’t respond to a verbal admonishment. ...Read More | |||
Teacher Allegedly Injured Trying to Stop Fight Charged With Double Dipping | 09/27/2021 | ||
State: CT | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
A teacher who received $59,608 in workers’ compensation benefits for injuries she reportedly sustained trying to stop a fight between students was charged with double dipping, the Connecticut Division of Criminal Justice announced. ...Read More | |||
Truck Driver Not Entitled to PTD Benefits From 2nd Injury Fund | 09/23/2021 | ||
State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
The Missouri Court of Appeals upheld a denial of permanent total disability benefits from the Second Injury Fund to a truck driver. Case: ...Read More | |||
TSA Officer to Serve 366 Days for Stealing Comp Benefits | 09/10/2021 | ||
State: SC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
The U.S. Attorney’s Office in South Carolina announced that a former Transportation Security Administration officer was sentenced to 366 days in federal prison after pleading guilty to stealing nearly $150,000 in workers’ compensation benefits. ...Read More | |||
Terms of Release Signed by Worker Bar Suit Over Alleged Fall From Ladder | 08/31/2021 | ||
State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
A New York appellate court ruled that a defendant was entitled to dismissal of an injured worker’s suit pursuant to a release the worker signed after an alleged fall at a construction site. ...Read More | |||
TDI Issues Bulletin on UR Determinations for Experimental, Investigational Services | 08/31/2021 | ||
State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
Adverse determinations and workers’ compensation utilization review decisions based on experimental or investigational health care services are subject to UR requirements in state law, the Texas Department of Insurance said in a bulletin issued Monday. ...Read More | |||
TDI Posts Bulletin of Enacted Comp Bills | 08/13/2021 | ||
State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
The Texas Department of Insurance posted a bulletin describing workers’ compensation bills enacted during the 2021 session, including measures that created a presumption that COVID-19 is compensable and allow the Division of Workers’ Compensation to schedule remote benefit review conf...Read More | |||
Teague Campbell Hosting Webinar on Work-From-Home Injuries | 08/10/2021 | ||
State: NC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
North Carolina workers’ compensation defense firm Teague Campbell is hosting a webinar on Aug. 18 exploring the compensability of injuries people suffer while working from home. ...Read More | |||
Teacher Ordered to Pay Nearly $9,000 After Pleading No Contest to Fraud | 07/30/2021 | ||
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
A California teacher was ordered to pay nearly $9,000 in restitution after pleading no contest to a fraud charge for participating in a marathon a month after reporting a back injury that prevented her from working, according to PROBE, a division of VRC Investigations. ...Read More | |||