Workers' Compensation News
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Court Orders DLI to Decide Reasonableness of Worker's Refusal to Attend Appointment | 05/28/2024 | |
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| The Montana Workers’ Compensation Court ruled that the Department of Labor & Industry needed to make a finding as to the reasonableness of a worker’s refusal to attend a therapy appointment before the agency could allow a carrier to suspend benefits. ...Read More | |||
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Court Partially Revives Worker's Labor Law Claim, Grants Leave to Amend | 05/28/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court partially revived a worker’s Labor Law claim and ruled that he should have been granted leave to amend it. C...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Summary Dismissal of Claim for Car Door Injury | 05/28/2024 | |
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| A New York appellate court upheld the summary dismissal of a worker’s Labor Law claims against property owners for an alleged injury from closing the door of a vehicle on her finger. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Denial of Employer's Motion for Costs as Partially Prevailing Party | 05/24/2024 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Florida appellate court overturned a judge’s decision denying an employer’s motion for costs as a prevailing party on a worker’s claim. ...Read More | |||
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Court Has Jurisdiction Over Worker's Tort Suit for Sexual Assault | 05/23/2024 | |
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| State: NC | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled that the Industrial Commission did not have exclusive jurisdiction over a worker’s injury claim based on alleged sexual assault by a work-release inmate training him for his job. ...Read More | |||
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Court Dismisses Dispute Over Whether Worker Qualifies as Public Safety Employee | 05/23/2024 | |
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| State: MD | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Maryland Appellate Court rejected a dispute over whether an injured worker qualified as a public safety employee due to a lack of jurisdiction. ...Read More | |||
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Court Says Board Applied Wrong Standard of Proof to Deny Worker's PPD Claim | 05/23/2024 | |
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| State: HI | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Hawaii’s Intermediate Court of Appeals overturned the denial of a worker’s claim for permanent partial disability benefits, finding that the Labor and Industrial Relations Appeals Board imposed the wrong standard of proof in her case. ...Read More | |||
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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 | |||
