Workers' Compensation News
| Court: No Supplemental Benefits for Former Football Player Turned Farmer | 06/13/2023 | ||
| State: LA | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A former professional football player who turned to farming after injuries ended his career with the National Football League failed to prove an inability to earn 90% of his pre-injury income and is not entitled to supplemental income benefits, a Lo...Read More | |||
| Construction Worker's Labor Law Claims for Slip-and-Fall Accident Get Partially Reinstated | 06/13/2023 | ||
| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A New York appellate court partially revived a construction worker’s negligence and Labor Law claims for his alleged slip and fall on ice. ...Read More | |||
| Court Orders Further Findings on Fee Payable to Doctor, Credit Owed to Employer | 06/13/2023 | ||
| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Iowa Court of Appeals ruled that a district court judge erred by finding a worker was entitled to full reimbursement for a medical examination, and it remanded for the commissioner to determine the fee payable to the examining doctor and to determine the amount of credit owed to the employer....Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Denial of Worker's Claim of Injuries to Neck, Shoulder Following Arm Injury | 06/12/2023 | |
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| State: IA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Iowa Court of Appeals upheld a denial of a worker’s claim of injuries to his neck and shoulder from a compensable arm injury. Case: ...Read More | |||
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Court: Doctor's IME Report Properly Excluded From Evidence | 06/09/2023 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld the exclusion of a doctor’s report on permanency and loss of use because his examination of a worker constituted an independent medical exam, and he did not comply with filing requirements. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Summary Judgment Dismissing Self-Represented Worker's Appeal | 06/07/2023 | |
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| State: TX | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A Texas appellate court upheld summary judgment for an insurance carrier based on a self-represented worker’s failure to present evidence raising a fact issue on the challenged elements of a ruling against him. ...Read More | |||
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Court: Anti-SLAPP Motion Should Have Been Granted on Claims of Retaliation, IIED | 06/06/2023 | |
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| State: CA | Segment: WEST | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| A California appellate court ruled that an elected city official’s claims for retaliation and intentional infliction of emotional distress should have been subjected to the defendants’ special motion to strike. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Finding of Aggravation of Ironworker's Neck Condition | 06/06/2023 | |
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| State: NY | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Employer | |||
| A New York appellate court upheld a determination that an ironworker suffered an aggravation of a prior neck injury in a workplace fall. ...Read More | |||
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Court Orders Carrier to Accept Worker's Toxic Exposure Claim, Pay Attorney Fees | 06/02/2023 | |
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| State: FL | Segment: Top | 0 | Popular with Insurance | |||
| A Florida appellate court overturned a denial of a worker’s claim for benefits for her alleged toxic exposure, as well as for her claim for attorney fees. ...Read More | |||
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Court Upholds Denial of Authorization for Pain Treatment | 06/01/2023 | |
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| State: PA | Segment: NORTH | 0 | Popular with Legal | |||
| The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania upheld the denial of authorization for a worker’s request for pain treatment with platelet-rich plasma injections. ...Read More | |||
