Workers' Compensation News
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Injury Fund Entitled to Reimbursement From Auto Insurance Carrier | 09/06/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that an injury compensation fund was entitled to reimbursement from an insurance carrier of a motorist who caused an accident. ...Read More | |||
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DIR Proposes Rules to Implement SB 274 | 09/06/2024 | |
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| State: NV | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Nevada Division of Industrial Relations proposed rules to implement the various provisions of a multifaceted 2023 bill that made a host of changes to the state’s workers’ compensation law. ...Read More | |||
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Construction Company Fined for Using Crane to Lift Workers | 09/06/2024 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries said a Seattle construction company is facing $155,300 in fines for knowingly putting workers at serious risk of injury or death by using a crane to lift them after an elevator broke down. ...Read More | |||
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Federal Law Preempts Worker's Claim for Alleged State Insurance Law Violations | 09/06/2024 | |
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| State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A federal appellate court ruled that a worker’s claim that his employer’s health plan administrator violated Illinois law was preempted by federal law. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Award for Postinjury Mental Health Treatment | 09/06/2024 | |
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| State: VA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Virginia Court of Appeals upheld an award of benefits for a worker’s mental health treatment after her on-the-job injury. ...Read More | |||
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WCAB Consolidates Cases in Attorney Fee Dispute | 09/05/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board issued an en banc decision Wednesday consolidating five cases to resolve a dispute over how to split fees between an injured worker’s current and former attorneys. ...Read More | |||
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Court Clarifies Standard for Compensability of Injuries From Idiopathic Falls | 09/05/2024 | |
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| State: UT | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Utah Court of Appeals ruled that a worker can receive benefits for injuries she sustained from an idiopathic fall while she was working — if the injuries were made more severe by the environment in which she worked. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Worker's Award but Remands for Judge to Describe Compensable Injuries | 09/05/2024 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld an award to an injured worker but sent the case back to the judge to provide a more specific description of the compensable conditions. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Award for Carpal Tunnel, Denies Employer's Request to Take Offset | 09/05/2024 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court upheld an award of benefits for a worker with carpal tunnel syndrome and ruled that his employer was not entitled to an offset against its liability. ...Read More | |||
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Split Supreme Court Upholds Finding of Worsened Condition for Worker | 09/05/2024 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A divided West Virginia Supreme Court summarily affirmed a finding that a worker had suffered a worsening of his condition attributable to a compensable lumbar injury. ...Read More | |||
