Workers' Compensation News
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Court Finds Worker Didn't Commit Fraud, Grants Summary Judgment | 03/25/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that an injured worker was entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claims and that he did not commit fraud against the court. ...Read More | |||
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High Court Denies Attorney Fees for Challenge to Denial of Claim Expansion | 03/25/2024 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A divided West Virginia Supreme Court ruled that a worker was not entitled to attorney fees for counsel’s work challenging the denial of his request to expand the scope of his claim. ...Read More | |||
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Supreme Court Accepts Review on Subrogation for Heart-Lung Benefits | 03/25/2024 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Pennsylvania Supreme Court will weigh in on whether a self-insured government entity can subrogate Heart and Lung Benefits Act compensation from a third-party settlement received by an employee injured in the line of duty. ...Read More | |||
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Court Rejects Worker's Challenge to Appointment of Arbitrator, Denial of Claim | 03/22/2024 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Illinois Appellate Court rejected a worker’s challenges to the appointment of the arbitrator in his case and upheld a determination that the worker failed to prove causation between a subsequent condition and a work-related accident. ...Read More | |||
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Court Won't Revisit Rejected Challenges to IRE Process | 03/22/2024 | |
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| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania rejected a worker’s constitutional challenge to the state's newly implemented impairment rating evaluation process. ...Read More | |||
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Board Upholds Dismissal of Worker's Claim as Time-Barred | 03/22/2024 | |
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| State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Tennessee Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board upheld the dismissal of a worker’s claim as time-barred. Case: Alle...Read More | |||
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Court Reinstates Worker's Labor Law Claim for Fall Injuries | 03/22/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court reinstated a worker’s Labor Law claim for his injuries from a fall from a boom lift. Case: Wol...Read More | |||
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Pinnacol Highlights Performance Rating | 03/22/2024 | |
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| State: CO | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Pinnacol Assurance, Colorado's largest workers' compensation carrier, said new data from the Colorado Division of Workers’ Compensation shows that the company is again the top-performing comp insurer in the state, based on injured workers' satisfaction ratings. ...Read More | |||
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Nominating Committee to Discuss ALJ Applicants | 03/22/2024 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Kentucky Workers’ Compensation Nominating Committee has set a special meeting for 8:30 a.m. Tuesday to consider potential nominations for a vacant administrative law judge position. ...Read More | |||
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CWCI Elects Board of Directors for 2024 | 03/21/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Workers’ Compensation Institute announced that Eric M. Hansen was elected chairman of its board of directors. ...Read More | |||
