Workers' Compensation News
Driver Has No Further Causally Related Disability From Accident | 02/20/2024 | ||
State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
A New York appellate court upheld a determination that the driver of a black car had no further causally related disability from a 2017 accident. ...Read More | |||
Court: Worker Shouldn't Have Been Denied Referral to Pulmonologist | 02/20/2024 | ||
State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
A Louisiana appellate court ruled that an injured worker was wrongfully denied a referral to a pulmonologist for the explicit purpose of clearing him for the pre-approved surgery on his back. ...Read More | |||
Employer Fails to Prove It Lacked Timely Notice of Worker's Injury | 02/20/2024 | ||
State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
The Iowa Court of Appeals rejected an employer’s claim that it had not received timely notice of an employee’s work-related injury. ...Read More | |||
Supreme Court to Address Calculation of Compensation Rate for Specific Loss Injuries | 02/16/2024 | ||
Source: WorkCompCentral | |||
State: PA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court will weigh in on whether to disturb four decades of precedent and award more benefits to a worker who lost part of her arm in an industrial accident. ...Read More | |||
DWC Seeks Comments on Rule Changes for Accident Prevention Services | 02/16/2024 | ||
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The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation is accepting public comments on a proposed amendment to 28 Texas Administrative Code Chapter 166 concerning certain submission requirements for insurers about their accident prevention services. ...Read More | |||
No TTD for Injured Butcher Who Failed to Demonstrate Labor Market Attachment | 02/16/2024 | ||
State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
A New York appellate court upheld a denial of temporary total disability benefits to an injured butcher, as well as a finding that he did not demonstrate an attachment to the labor market after his injury. ...Read More | |||
Supreme Court Upholds Denial of VSSR Award | 02/16/2024 | ||
State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
The Ohio Supreme Court ruled that a worker was not entitled to an enhanced award of benefits for his injuries from being struck by a car because the accident did not occur in a “workshop.” ...Read More | |||
Waiver of Liability Doesn't Bar Cop From Suing Over Training Injury | 02/16/2024 | ||
State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
The Iowa Court of Appeals ruled that a police officer injured during firearms training could pursue her negligence claims against the state despite having signed a waiver of liability. ...Read More | |||
Employer Gets New Trial on Damages Owed to Worker | 02/15/2024 | ||
State: AK | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
The Alaska Supreme Court ruled that an employer was entitled to a new trial on the issue of economic damages owed to a former employee for its retaliatory conduct and for a determination of whether her award would duplicate what she received in workers' compensation benefits. ...Read More | |||
Firefighter With Occupational Disease Gets Supplemental Earnings Benefits | 02/15/2024 | ||
State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
A Louisiana appellate court upheld a finding that a firefighter had an occupational disease covered by the Firefighter's Heart and Lung Act and that he was entitled to supplemental earnings benefits. ...Read More | |||