Workers' Compensation News
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Workers' Compensation Board Sets COVID-19 Webinar | 01/19/2024 | |
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| Source: Steve Nichols (News Contributor) | |||
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| New York State's Workers’ Compensation Board will hold a webinar for workers who believe they contracted COVID-19 on the job. The free ...Read More | |||
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Worker Loses Right to Participate in Comp Fund | 01/19/2024 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| An Ohio appellate court ruled that an employer was entitled to judgment disallowing a worker from participating in the state workers' compensation fund. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Entitled to Industrial Impairment in Excess of Medical Rating | 01/18/2024 | |
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| State: MS | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Mississippi Court of Appeals upheld a finding that a worker had an occupational impairment exceeding her medical impairment rating. C...Read More | |||
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Worker Timely Files Claim for TTD | 01/18/2024 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Virginia Court of Appeals ruled that a worker’s claim for temporary total disability benefits based on a change in condition was timely filed within 24 months from the last date compensation was paid to her. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Not Entitled to Mandamus Relief From Denial of Claim, Continuing Jurisdiction | 01/16/2024 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| An Ohio appellate court ruled that a worker was not entitled to relief from Industrial Commission decisions denying his claim for benefits and declining to exercise continuing jurisdiction over his claim. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Struck by Steel Cable Not Entitled to Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim | 01/16/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker struck by a steel cable was not entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law Section 240(1) claim because his injuries were not the result of the application of the force of gravity to an object or person. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Entitled to Second Surgery for Shoulder Injury | 01/12/2024 | |
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| State: SC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The South Carolina Court of Appeals upheld a finding that a worker’s need for a second shoulder surgery was the result of her original workplace accident. ...Read More | |||
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Worker at MMI Can No Longer Receive Temporary Disability Benefits | 01/11/2024 | |
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| State: CT | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Connecticut Appellate Court ruled that an injured worker who reached maximum medical improvement could no longer receive temporary disability benefits, as a matter of law. ...Read More | |||
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Worker Hurt by Falling Object Can't Bring Viable Labor Law Claim | 01/05/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a moving company employee could not assert a viable Labor Law claim for his injuries from an object falling on his foot. ...Read More | |||
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Workers Win Labor Law Claim; Building Owner Prevails on Third-Party Claims | 01/04/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a group of workers were entitled to summary judgment on their Labor Law claim for a scaffold collapse and that the property owner was entitled to summary judgment on its claims for indemnification and breach of contract against their employer. ...Read More | |||
