Workers' Compensation News
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Employers Must Consider Wealth of Legal Issues Before Requiring COVID Vaccinations | 01/19/2021 | |
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| By: Mark Powell (Reporter) | |||
| State: CA | Segment: Top | 461 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 16 min read | |||
| As health care professionals begin to administer the COVID-19 vaccine, California employers may have to navigate myriad legal issues if they’re considering mandating or even suggesting that their employees get vaccinated, employment law and workers’ compensation experts said. ...Read More | |||
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Southern California Firefighter Gets 90 Days in Jail for Comp Fraud | 01/19/2021 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 360 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 11 min read | |||
| A Ventura County firefighter was sentenced to 90 days in jail and two years of probation after pleading guilty to workers’ compensation fraud, prosecutors said. ...Read More | |||
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Doctors Support High Court Ruling on AMA Guides; Lawyer Sees Potential Upside in Decision | 01/19/2021 | |
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| By: William Rabb (Reporter) | |||
| State: KS | Segment: Top | 176 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 36 min read | |||
| The largest doctors' group in Kansas said it is much in favor of a state Supreme Court ruling that greenlights the continued use of the sixth edition of the American Medical Associations’ Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment. ...Read More | |||
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Union Can't Pursue Lawsuit Over Allegedly Unsafe Work Environment | 01/19/2021 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 112 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 20 min read | |||
| A New York appellate court threw out a union’s lawsuit contending the City of New York was failing to provide corrections officers with an adequately safe work environment. ...Read More | |||
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Demolition Worker Can Proceed With Labor Law Claim | 01/19/2021 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 92 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 1 min read | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker could proceed with his Labor Law claim for injuries from being struck by a portion of the ceiling in a bathroom where he was working. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Verdict Finding Worker Entitled to Benefits for Shoulder Injury | 01/19/2021 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 77 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 49 min read | |||
| An Ohio appellate court upheld a jury verdict that a worker was entitled to benefits for an injury to his shoulder, as there had not been any instructional error, and the record evidence supported the jury’s findings. ...Read More | |||
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Carrier Can't Avoid Liability for Balance of Wrongful Death Award | 01/19/2021 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 68 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 6 min read | |||
| A Missouri appellate court ruled that an insurance carrier could not avoid liability for paying the $7.5 million balance of a wrongful death judgment for a worker’s fatal injuries. ...Read More | |||
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Draft Bill Would Require Periodic Increase in Burial Expenses | 01/19/2021 | |
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| State: MT | Segment: WEST | 62 | 0 | Popular with Insurance | 12 min read | |||
| Montana regulators would be required to adjust the maximum burial expense paid for occupational deaths every five years under a draft bill. The m...Read More | |||
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Workplace Safety Fines to Increase With Inflation | 01/19/2021 | |
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| State: NV | Segment: WEST | 86 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 18 min read | |||
| Administrative penalties for Nevada employers that fail to comply with workplace safety requirements increased 1.18% on Friday to keep pace with inflation. ...Read More | |||
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Senate Approves Expanded Parking Lot Coverage Bill | 01/19/2021 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 136 | 0 | Popular with Legal | 47 min read | |||
| The New Jersey Senate has approved a bill that would classify most parking areas as part of the workplace, and injuries there would be covered by workers' comp. ...Read More | |||
