Workers' Compensation News
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Court Says Injured Worker Not Entitled to Participate in Vocational Rehab | 06/17/2024 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| An Ohio appellate court upheld a denial of an injured worker’s request to participate in vocational rehabilitation. Case: S...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Summary Judgment for Worker in Labor Law Claim for Demolition Accident | 06/17/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a grant of summary judgment to a worker for his injuries from a demolition project. Case: Colon v...Read More | |||
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Coal Miner Gets Increased Award Despite Improved Condition After Lung Transplant | 06/14/2024 | |
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| State: WV | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The West Virginia Supreme Court ruled that a former coal miner was entitled to an increased impairment award for the worsening of his occupational pneumoconiosis, even though he had undergone a lung transplant that improved his functioning while the claim was pending. ...Read More | |||
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Co-Employee Immunity Requires Both Workers to Be in COE/SOE | 06/13/2024 | |
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| State: OK | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A divided Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled that an employee who injures a colleague must be acting within the course and scope of employment when the incident occurs to receive the protection of the exclusive remedy provision of the Administrative Workers’ Compensation Act. ...Read More | |||
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Court Revives Injured Worker's Negligence Claim Against Home Renovation Contractor | 06/12/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker could not maintain a Labor Law action against a contractor performing work for a homeowner, but he could pursue a negligence claim. ...Read More | |||
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Claims-Based Market Share Increases for Self-Insureds, State | 06/11/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Self-insured employers and the State of California increased market shares based on claim counts reported to the Workers’ Compensation Information System, according to the latest annual report...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Denial of University Employee's Claims | 06/11/2024 | |
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| State: DC | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The District of Columbia Court of Appeals overturned the denial of a university employee’s claim for injuries from a collision with a jogger as she walked along a public sidewalk to move between two areas of the campus where she worked. ...Read More | |||
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Court Revives Health Care Worker's Claim for Tuberculosis | 06/11/2024 | |
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| State: HI | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Hawaii Court of Appeals revived an injured health care worker’s untimely claim for her tuberculosis infection. Case: We...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Summary Judgment on Labor Law Claim for Staircase Accident | 06/11/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a grant of summary judgment for a worker on his Labor Law claim arising from an accident on an unsecured temporary staircase. ...Read More | |||
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Court Reinstates Worker's Labor Law Claim for Hand Injury | 06/11/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court reinstated a worker’s Labor Law claim for injuries to his hand. Case: Rivera v. 95th and Thir...Read More | |||
