Workers' Compensation News
L&I Announces $134,000 Fine for Asbestos Violations | 04/11/2024 | ||
State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries cited a company $134,000 for violating more than two dozen rules related to asbestos removal. ...Read More | |||
Comp Judges Reappointed to Five-Year Terms | 04/11/2024 | ||
State: NM | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
The New Mexico Workers’ Compensation Administration announced that judges Tony Couture and David Skinner were reappointed to new five-year terms, effective Wednesday. ...Read More | |||
Judge to Revisit Fee Award Prompted by Employer's Partially Unreasonable Contest of Claim | 04/11/2024 | ||
State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania overturned an award of attorney fees to an injured worker and ordered a judge to reconsider what the employer should pay, given that its challenge to the claim was unreasonable for a limited period. ...Read More | |||
Worker Gets Presumption That Recent Symptoms Relate to Old Back Injury | 04/11/2024 | ||
State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled that a worker was entitled to a presumption that some of his symptoms were related to an old back injury and that his employer failed to rebut it. ...Read More | |||
Court Upholds Loss-of-Use Calculation With Credit for Compensation Paid | 04/11/2024 | ||
State: IL | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
The Illinois Appellate Court upheld the calculation of a worker’s loss-of-use award as including a credit to her employer for a prior award. ...Read More | |||
Court Tosses Worker's Challenge to Dismissal of Civil Suit | 04/11/2024 | ||
State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
A Louisiana appellate court tossed a worker’s appeal of summary judgment in her civil suit for a work-related automobile accident. Cas...Read More | |||
Senate Committee Hears Comp Bills Today | 04/10/2024 | ||
State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
Members of the California Senate Labor, Public Employment and Retirement Committee are scheduled to hear testimony today on bills that would create a presumption that heat-related injuries are compensable for farmworkers and would authorize temporary disability benefits when people miss work for ...Read More | |||
Traveling Employee Gets Award for Injuries From Fall Down Stairs at Office | 04/10/2024 | ||
State: IL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
The Illinois Appellate Court ruled that a municipal worker was a traveling employee and entitled to benefits for his injuries from falling down stairs as he was leaving his office. ...Read More | |||
Business Owner Accused of $236,515 Premium Fraud Scheme | 04/10/2024 | ||
State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
The Nassau County District Attorney’s Office charged a contractor with fraud for allegedly underreporting payroll to reduce his workers’ compensation premiums by $236,515. ...Read More | |||
Court Denies Summary Judgment to Worker for Trip-and-Fall Claim | 04/10/2024 | ||
State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
A New York appellate court upheld a denial of a worker’s motion for summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for a trip-and-fall accident. ...Read More | |||