Workers' Compensation News
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Court Upholds Denial of Widow's Claim for Truck Driver's Fatal Heart Attack | 05/23/2024 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld the denial of a widow’s claim for a truck driver’s fatal heart attack. Case:...Read More | |||
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Court Holds Guaranty Association Liable for Worker's Mesothelioma Benefits | 05/22/2024 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court ruled that the state insurance guaranty association was liable for covering the obligations of two insolvent insurance carriers for a worker’s mesothelioma. ...Read More | |||
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Court Reinstates Injured Bricklayer's Labor Law Claims | 05/21/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court reinstated a bricklayer’s Labor Law claim for alleged injuries from being struck by falling bricks. Case:...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Dismissal of Municipal Employee's Tort Suit Against Employer | 05/21/2024 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Vendor | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court upheld the summary dismissal of a municipal employee’s suit against her employer for her injuries from a fall allegedly caused by the city’s negligence in maintaining a walkway. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Denial of Caregiver's Request for Amended Complaint, Dismisses Claims | 05/20/2024 | |
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| State: NJ | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The New Jersey Superior Court’s Appellate Division upheld the denial of a caregiver’s request to amend her complaint as well as the dismissal of her claims against her alleged employers. ...Read More | |||
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Court: Medical Resident's Wounds From Mass Shooting at Hospital Compensable | 05/17/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| New York’s highest court unanimously ruled that when an employee is injured in an attack at work, his injuries are presumed to be compensable and that the lack of evidence as to the motivation for the assault does not rebut the presumption. ...Read More | |||
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Casual Employment Threshold, TD Benefit and Attorney Fees to Increase | 05/17/2024 | |
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| State: OR | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Oregon Workers’ Compensation Division announced that maximum temporary total disability benefits and attorney fees are increasing on July 1 along with the threshold used to determine whether employment is casual. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Causal Connection Between Coal Worker's Employment, Pneumoconiosis | 05/17/2024 | |
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| State: NA | Segment: NATIONAL | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A federal appellate court upheld a finding that a worker’s coal mine employment caused his pneumoconiosis. Case: Lance Coal...Read More | |||
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CDI: Truck Driver's Death Exposes Premium Fraud Scheme | 05/16/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Department of Insurance announced that the owner of a Central Valley trucking firm was charged with fraud after the death of a driver revealed he allegedly underreported payroll by more than $2.3 million. ...Read More | |||
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Companies Fined $650,000 After Worker Dies in Storage Facility | 05/16/2024 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Two companies were fined a combined $650,000 after a worker died in an apple storage facility that had a low oxygen level to prevent fruit from spoiling, the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries announced. ...Read More | |||
