Workers' Compensation News
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Construction Worker Gets Summary Judgment for Fall From Scaffold | 10/03/2023 | |
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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 on his Labor Law claim for his injuries from a fall from a scaffold. ...Read More | |||
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Commission Must Decide if Carrier Can Get Reimbursement From Debt Collection Settlement | 10/02/2023 | |
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| State: UT | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Utah Supreme Court ruled that the Labor Commission has exclusive jurisdiction to determine if an insurance carrier was entitled to reimbursement from the funds a worker received in her settlement of an unfair debt collection action. ...Read More | |||
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Court Reinstates Subpoena of Records From Conservator for Injured Worker | 10/02/2023 | |
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| State: TN | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Tennessee Court of Appeals revived a subpoena against the conservator for an injured worker’s estate, finding it was not rendered moot by operation of the doctrine of res judicata. ...Read More | |||
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Court Says Penalties Against Attorney Unwarranted | 09/29/2023 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court overturned a penalty against an attorney for State Insurance Fund, finding she had reasonable grounds for challenging an administrative determination that a worker had not been properly served. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Award for Worker Injured by Chemical Exposure | 09/28/2023 | |
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| State: UT | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Utah Court of Appeals upheld a determination that a worker’s medical condition was caused by his years of chemical exposure at work. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Citation Against Subcontractor for Valley Fever Exposure Risk | 09/27/2023 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court overturned a citation against a subcontractor for its alleged failure to protect workers from potential exposure to the fungus that causes valley fever. ...Read More | |||
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Commissioner to Study Impact of Switching to 6th Edition of AMA Guides | 09/27/2023 | |
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| Source: Steve Nichols, News Contributor | |||
| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Texas Commissioner of Workers’ Compensation Jeff Nelson announced plans to study the impact of using the latest edition of the American Medical Association's Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment. ...Read More | |||
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CWCI Posts 10-Year Report on Payment Trends | 09/26/2023 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The California Workers’ Compensation Institute on Monday published a new study finding that paid losses on lost-time claims fell immediately after the reforms of SB 863 took effect at the start of 2013, then gradually ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns Summary Judgment for Insurance Carrier on Claims for Payment | 09/25/2023 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court overturned a grant of summary judgment to an insurance carrier on its claims for payment under its workers' compensation and employers' liability policies. ...Read More | |||
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COEH, DWC Partner on Med-Legal Report Writing Classes | 09/22/2023 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Center for Occupational and Environmental Health at the University of California, Berkeley, and the Division of Workers’ Compensation are partnering to present a four-part training course for medical-legal report writing. ...Read More | |||
