Workers' Compensation News
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Worker Fails to Prove Eye Injury Caused Fall | 11/16/2023 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| The Iowa Court of Appeals ruled that a worker with an impaired sense of depth perception failed to prove that his injuries from a fall were causally related to an earlier industrial eye injury. ...Read More | |||
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WCIRB Webinar to Cover Impact of Economic Changes | 11/15/2023 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau is holding a webinar in December to discuss the impact of economic changes on the California workers’ compensation system. ...Read More | |||
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WCS Posts Revised Forms | 11/15/2023 | |
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| State: NV | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Nevada Workers’ Compensation Section recently updated forms used to verify wages or release medical records. The WCS said it redesign...Read More | |||
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Worker With Capacity for Sedentary Employment Can't Get PTD Award | 11/15/2023 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| An Ohio appellate court upheld a denial of permanent total disability benefits for a worker who retained the capacity for sedentary employment. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Award for Past Medical Expenses, Not Additional Treatment | 11/14/2023 | |
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| State: UT | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Utah Court of Appeals upheld a finding that a worker was entitled to an award of past medical expenses but not additional medical care. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Qualifies as Independent Contractor but Is Still Entitled to Comp Benefits | 11/13/2023 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court overturned a grant of summary judgment for an employer, finding the injured worker was an independent contractor subject to the manual labor exception to the general rule that independent contractors can’t receive benefits for work-related injuries. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Fails to Link Back Issues to Compensable Leg Injuries | 11/13/2023 | |
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| State: AR | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Arkansas Court of Appeals upheld a denial of benefits for a worker with back issues, which she blamed on a compensable injury to her leg and knee. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Fails to Prove 'Extraordinary Circumstances' for Retroactive Application of Protz | 11/09/2023 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that an injured worker failed to prove the kind of “extraordinary circumstances” that could allow the reinstatement of his total disability benefits as of the date of his independent rating evaluation instead of just as of the date of his p...Read More | |||
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Worker Gets Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim for Fall From Grimy Ladder | 11/08/2023 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker was entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for his fall from a grimy ladder. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Who Lost Accommodated Job May Seek Reopening of Claim | 11/07/2023 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Iowa Court of Appeals ruled that a worker may be entitled to reopening a claim — even under circumstances unrelated to the injury — so long as the continued inability to work is proximately caused by the injury. ...Read More | |||
