Workers' Compensation News
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Company Not Civilly Liable to Employee Knocked Out in Fight With Foreman | 03/05/2024 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Texas appellate court ruled that a company was entitled to summary judgment dismissing a civil suit by an employee who was punched out by his foreman for complaining about being left behind at a hotel. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Partial Summary Judgment in Worker's Labor Law Claim | 03/04/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court overturned a grant of partial summary judgment on a worker’s Labor Law claim based on his alleged fall from a ladder. ...Read More | |||
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Court Properly Limits Damages Available to Heirs of Drowned Worker | 03/01/2024 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court upheld a grant of partial summary judgment limiting the potential damages for the seller of a vessel that capsized and killed a father of three. ...Read More | |||
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Court Rejects Worker's Constitutional Challenge to IRE, Modification of Status | 02/29/2024 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania rejected a worker’s constitutional challenge to his impairment rating evaluation and the modification of his disability status. ...Read More | |||
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Court: Board Didn't Abuse Discretion in Denying Employer's Late Application for Review | 02/28/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that the Workers’ Compensation Board did not abuse its discretion in denying an employer’s untimely application for review. ...Read More | |||
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Carrier Fails to Prove Cancellation of Policy Before Worker's Accident | 02/27/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a finding that a workers’ compensation insurance carrier failed to prove its claim that it had canceled an employer’s policy before an employee’s accident. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Dismissal of Self-Represented Worker's Claims Against QME | 02/26/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court upheld the dismissal of a self-represented worker’s claims against the qualified medical evaluator whose report provided the basis for the denial of her workers’ compensation claim for a psychological injury. ...Read More | |||
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CWCI Sets Annual Case Law Update for May 9 | 02/26/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Workers’ Compensation Institute is holding its annual case law update as both an in-person event and an online broadcast on May 9. ...Read More | |||
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Court Modifies Prior Opinion, Maintains Decision Overturning Closure of Worker's Claim | 02/22/2024 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Oregon Court of Appeals modified its prior decision overturning the closure of a worker’s claim to provide clarification to the factual and procedural history, but it adhered to its ruling. ...Read More | |||
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Court Says Worker Entitled to Summary Judgment | 02/22/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| New York’s highest court ruled that an injured worker was entitled to summary judgment on his Labor Law claim for injuries resulting from a fall on a plastic covering placed over a stopped escalator. ...Read More | |||
