Workers' Compensation News
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Court: Property Owner Owed No Duty of Care to Employee Killed Crossing Street | 01/23/2024 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Texas Supreme Court ruled that a property owner did not owe a duty of care to an employee who was struck and killed by a careless motorist while crossing the public street next to the hospital where she worked. ...Read More | |||
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Court Grants Partial Judgment for Worker, Revives Indemnification Claim Against Subcontractor | 01/23/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a subcontractor had not been entitled to summary judgment dismissing an indemnification claim by the defendants in a Labor Law action, but the worker in the Labor Law action was entitled to summary judgment dismissing the defendants’ comparative fault a...Read More | |||
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Court Denies Nurse's Bid for Additional Benefits, Change in MMI Date | 01/22/2024 | |
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| State: KY | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Kentucky Court of Appeals ruled that an injured nurse was not entitled to additional benefits or a change in her date of maximum medical improvement. ...Read More | |||
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Corrections Officer Who Fell Asleep at Wheel Gets Benefits | 01/19/2024 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld an arbitrator’s award of benefits to a corrections officer for his injuries from crashing his patrol vehicle when he fell asleep behind the wheel while on duty. ...Read More | |||
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Court Revives Worker's Malpractice Suit Against Former Attorneys | 01/19/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court revived an injured worker’s malpractice suit against his former attorneys. Case: McGlynn v. Burns ...Read More | |||
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Carriers' Dispute Revived Over Coverage for Fatal Accident | 01/17/2024 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A federal appellate court revived a coverage dispute between two insurance carriers for a worker’s death at a Texas construction site. C...Read More | |||
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Court Rejects Constitutional Challenges to Revised IRE Process | 01/17/2024 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania rejected a worker’s constitutional challenges to the state's revised impairment rating evaluation procedures. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Summary Dismissal of Worker's Retaliation Claim | 01/16/2024 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court upheld the summary dismissal of a worker’s claim of discrimination and retaliation, finding he had been validly terminated for violating its absence-control policy. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Award of Statutory Minimum Benefit to Volunteer Firefighter's Widow | 01/12/2024 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Missouri Court of Appeals overturned an award of the statutory minimum benefit to the widow of a volunteer firefighter killed in the line of duty. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Summary Dismissal of Claim by Worker Who Allegedly Fell | 01/11/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the dismissal of a worker’s Labor Law claim for his alleged fall at a construction site. Ca...Read More | |||
