Workers' Compensation News
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Court Upholds $15 Million Damage Verdict for Seaman's Death | 04/18/2024 | |
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| State: MO | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| The Missouri Court of Appeals upheld a $15 million award of damages on a Jones Act claim for a 22-year-old seaman’s death. Case: ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Summary Dismissal of Worker's Claims for Retaliation, Emotional Distress | 04/17/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court upheld the dismissal of a worker’s civil case against his former employer, finding his claims for retaliation and the negligent and intentional infliction of emotional distress all failed as a matter of law. ...Read More | |||
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Court: Worker Should Have Been Denied Leave to File Late Claim | 04/17/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court ruled that a worker should not have been granted permission to belatedly file civil claims against municipal entities for his alleged injuries from a construction site accident. ...Read More | |||
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Court Overturns PTD Award for Worker With PTSD | 04/17/2024 | |
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| State: LA | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| A Louisiana appellate court overturned an award of permanent total disability benefits for a worker claiming post-traumatic stress disorder from a fight with a combative hospital patient. ...Read More | |||
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Chiropractor Sentenced to More Than 54 Years, Fined $23M | 04/16/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Southern California chiropractor accused of illegally running a law firm to funnel injured workers into his network of medical clinics to churn bills was ordered to serve more than 54 years in state prison and fined $23 million, the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office announced....Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Dismissal of Claims for Construction Accident | 04/16/2024 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Medical | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the dismissal of a worker’s Labor Law claim for his injuries received during a bridge construction project. ...Read More | |||
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Contractor Pleads Guilty to Underreporting Payroll | 04/15/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A contractor who pleaded guilty to underreporting payroll by nearly $1 million from 2010 to 2019 was placed on probation and ordered to pay $729,624 in restitution, the California Department of Insurance announced. ...Read More | |||
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Committee Passes TD Expansion, Ag Worker Protection Bills | 04/12/2024 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| Members of a California Senate committee passed bills that would in some instances make temporary disability benefits available after an injury becomes permanent and stationary and create a presumption that heat-related injuries are compensable for agricultural workers under certain circumstances...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Summary Dismissal of Worker's Gross Negligence Suit Against Colleague | 04/12/2024 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Iowa Court of Appeals ruled that a worker was entitled to summary judgment dismissing the gross negligence suit against him by a colleague whose hand was crushed in a cutting machine. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Compensability of Poultry Plant Worker's Heart Attack | 04/12/2024 | |
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| State: AR | Segment: SOUTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| The Arkansas Court of Appeals ruled that the Workers’ Compensation Commission did not exceed the scope of its mandate in determining that a poultry plant employee was entitled to benefits for his heart attack at the age of 29. ...Read More | |||
