Workers' Compensation News
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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 | |||
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Court Overturns Worker's SLU Award Because of Doctor's Error | 06/10/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a physician’s reliance on the wrong version of the state’s guidelines for determining impairment and loss of wage-earning capacity required reversal of the worker’s award. ...Read More | |||
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Contemptuous Conduct by Worker, Counsel Doesn't Allow for Dismissal of PTD Claim as Sanction | 06/10/2024 | |
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| State: UT | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Utah Court of Appeals ruled that a worker’s claim for permanent total disability benefits could not be thrown out as untimely because he was actively litigating the matter, nor could it be dismissed as a sanction for his obstruction of the adjudicative process. ...Read More | |||
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Committee Passes E-Signature, Worker Notice Bills | 06/07/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Senate Labor, Public Employment and Retirement Committee unanimously passed bills that would allow electronic signatures in Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board Proceedings and require notifying workers of their right to representation. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Restitution Order Against Convicted Fraudster | 06/07/2024 | |
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| State: AK | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Alaska Court of Appeals upheld the restitution order against a convicted workers’ compensation fraudster. Scott Abraham Gro...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Denial of Worker's Claim for Lead-Exposure Injury | 06/07/2024 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld the denial of a worker’s claim for benefits based on his industrial lead exposure. ...Read More | |||
