Workers' Compensation News
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Court Partially Overturns Grant of Summary Judgment for Worker on Labor Law Claim | 08/14/2023 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court partially overturned a grant of summary judgment to an injured worker on his Labor Law claim. ...Read More | |||
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Chiropractor Ordered to Pay BWC $170,000 in Restitution | 08/14/2023 | |
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| State: OH | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation announced that a Columbus chiropractor who pleaded guilty to workers’ compensation fraud and forgery was ordered to pay $170,000 in restitution. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns TTD Award to Retired Worker | 08/11/2023 | |
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| State: CT | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Connecticut Appellate Court ruled that a retired state worker was not entitled to an award of temporary total disability benefits following a post-retirement surgery. ...Read More | |||
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Conservative Care Resource Open for Comments | 08/11/2023 | |
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| State: WA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A new resource for conservative care in Washington's workers’ compensation system is open for written public comment. Comments will be accept...Read More | |||
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Comp Board to Start Testing Submission Portal | 08/11/2023 | |
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| State: IN | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| Indiana's Workers' Compensation Board is set to begin testing a provider payment inquiry submission portal for adjusters on Monday. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Denial of Police Officer's Duty Disability Retirement Application | 08/10/2023 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the denial of a police officer’s application for performance of duty and accidental disability retirement benefits based on his failure to provide timely notice of the incidents on which his alleged disabilities were based. ...Read More | |||
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Carrier's Failure to Produce Documentation Results in Liability for Claim | 08/09/2023 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a determination that an insurance carrier was liable for an injured construction worker’s benefits because it failed to produce the documentation related to a policy it had been directed to provide. ...Read More | |||
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Court Rejects Prosecutor's Challenge to Reduction of Insurance Fraud Charges | 08/04/2023 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court denied the prosecution’s challenge to the dismissal of a felony workers’ compensation insurance fraud charge and the reduction of the remaining felony charge to a misdemeanor. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Verdict Finding Worker Wrongfully Terminated for Pursuing Benefits | 08/04/2023 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Florida appellate court upheld a jury verdict in favor of an injured worker, finding she had been wrongfully terminated for pursuing benefits for her work-related injuries. ...Read More | |||
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Criminal Defendant Gets New Trial on Prosecution's Failure to Disclose Comp Claim | 08/03/2023 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Superior Court of Pennsylvania ordered a new trial for a defendant accused of sexual misconduct due to the prosecution’s failure to disclose the alleged victim’s workers’ compensation claim for the same incident underlying the criminal charges. ...Read More | |||
